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1718053

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date	14/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	National Insurance Contributions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the (a) number of people who will financially benefit from the National Insurance reduction announced in the Spring Budget 2024 and (b) average (i) financial gain from that reduction and (ii) cumulative financial gain from reductions to National Insurance announced in the Autumn Statement 2023 and Spring Budget 2024, by region.
tabling member constituency	Sedgefield
tabling member printed	Paul Howell
uin	26293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>The estimated number of people who financially benefited from the National insurance reduction in the Autumn Statement and Spring Budget and the associated financial gain for an average employee on £35,404 can be seen in Table 1 below:</p><p> </p><p>Table 1: gain for an average employee on £35,404 from reductions to National Insurance announced in the Autumn Statement 2023 and Spring Budget 2024</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2024 to 2025 tax year impacts</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Autumn Statement only </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Spring Budget only </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cumulative Spring Budget and Autumn Statement</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Number of people who financially benefitted from the NICs reduction, 1000s</strong></p></td><td><p>29,300</p></td><td><p>29,500</p></td><td><p>29,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Gain for average employee with mean employee salary of £35,404</strong></p></td><td><p>£457</p></td><td><p>£457</p></td><td><p>£913</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The estimated average financial gain among those benefitting from both the Autumn Statement 2023 and Spring Budget 2024 National insurance reduction, by region, can be seen in the Table 2 below:</p><p> </p><p>Table 2: average financial gain and cumulative gain from reductions to National Insurance announced in the Autumn Statement 2023 and Spring Budget 2024, by region</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2024 to 2025 tax year impacts</strong><strong> by region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of gainers, 1000s</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average gain, Spring Budget only </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average cumulative gain, Autumn Statement and Spring Budget</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>1,060</p></td><td><p>£316</p></td><td><p>£632</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West and Merseyside</p></td><td><p>3,140</p></td><td><p>£321</p></td><td><p>£644</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>2,330</p></td><td><p>£313</p></td><td><p>£628</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>2,110</p></td><td><p>£322</p></td><td><p>£645</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>2,500</p></td><td><p>£322</p></td><td><p>£645</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>2,830</p></td><td><p>£360</p></td><td><p>£720</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>4,350</p></td><td><p>£381</p></td><td><p>£763</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>4,120</p></td><td><p>£369</p></td><td><p>£738</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>2,420</p></td><td><p>£327</p></td><td><p>£655</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>807</p></td><td><p>£308</p></td><td><p>£618</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>2,430</p></td><td><p>£338</p></td><td><p>£677</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>1,240</p></td><td><p>£320</p></td><td><p>£642</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>29,500</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£341</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£683</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These are the modelled average impacts rather than the impacts for an average full time employee (on a given salary), for example the £900 gain previously published for the cumulative impacts.</p><p> </p><p>The Autumn Statement 2023 National insurance reduction estimates are based upon the 2019 to 2020 Survey of Personal Incomes, projected in line with economic assumptions consistent with the Office for Budget Responsibilities November 2023 Economic and Fiscal Outlook.</p><p> </p><p>The Spring Budget 2024 National insurance reduction estimates and cumulative estimates of both policies are based upon the 2019 to 2020 Survey of Personal Incomes, projected in line with economic assumptions consistent with the Office for Budget Responsibilities March 2024 Economic and Fiscal Outlook.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 26294 question first answered 17/05/2024 14:08:46 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4830 label Biography information for Paul Howell

1718054

registered interest
date	14/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	National Insurance Contributions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the (a) number of people who financially benefited from the National Insurance reduction announced in the Autumn Statement 2023 and (b) average financial gain from that reduction.
tabling member constituency	Sedgefield
tabling member printed	Paul Howell
uin	26294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>The estimated number of people who financially benefited from the National insurance reduction in the Autumn Statement and Spring Budget and the associated financial gain for an average employee on £35,404 can be seen in Table 1 below:</p><p> </p><p>Table 1: gain for an average employee on £35,404 from reductions to National Insurance announced in the Autumn Statement 2023 and Spring Budget 2024</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2024 to 2025 tax year impacts</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Autumn Statement only </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Spring Budget only </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cumulative Spring Budget and Autumn Statement</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Number of people who financially benefitted from the NICs reduction, 1000s</strong></p></td><td><p>29,300</p></td><td><p>29,500</p></td><td><p>29,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Gain for average employee with mean employee salary of £35,404</strong></p></td><td><p>£457</p></td><td><p>£457</p></td><td><p>£913</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The estimated average financial gain among those benefitting from both the Autumn Statement 2023 and Spring Budget 2024 National insurance reduction, by region, can be seen in the Table 2 below:</p><p> </p><p>Table 2: average financial gain and cumulative gain from reductions to National Insurance announced in the Autumn Statement 2023 and Spring Budget 2024, by region</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2024 to 2025 tax year impacts</strong><strong> by region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of gainers, 1000s</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average gain, Spring Budget only </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average cumulative gain, Autumn Statement and Spring Budget</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>1,060</p></td><td><p>£316</p></td><td><p>£632</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West and Merseyside</p></td><td><p>3,140</p></td><td><p>£321</p></td><td><p>£644</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>2,330</p></td><td><p>£313</p></td><td><p>£628</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>2,110</p></td><td><p>£322</p></td><td><p>£645</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>2,500</p></td><td><p>£322</p></td><td><p>£645</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>2,830</p></td><td><p>£360</p></td><td><p>£720</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>4,350</p></td><td><p>£381</p></td><td><p>£763</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>4,120</p></td><td><p>£369</p></td><td><p>£738</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>2,420</p></td><td><p>£327</p></td><td><p>£655</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>807</p></td><td><p>£308</p></td><td><p>£618</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>2,430</p></td><td><p>£338</p></td><td><p>£677</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>1,240</p></td><td><p>£320</p></td><td><p>£642</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>29,500</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£341</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£683</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These are the modelled average impacts rather than the impacts for an average full time employee (on a given salary), for example the £900 gain previously published for the cumulative impacts.</p><p> </p><p>The Autumn Statement 2023 National insurance reduction estimates are based upon the 2019 to 2020 Survey of Personal Incomes, projected in line with economic assumptions consistent with the Office for Budget Responsibilities November 2023 Economic and Fiscal Outlook.</p><p> </p><p>The Spring Budget 2024 National insurance reduction estimates and cumulative estimates of both policies are based upon the 2019 to 2020 Survey of Personal Incomes, projected in line with economic assumptions consistent with the Office for Budget Responsibilities March 2024 Economic and Fiscal Outlook.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 26293 question first answered 17/05/2024 14:08:46 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4830 label Biography information for Paul Howell

1699069

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Housing: Valuation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answers of 23 October 2006, Official Report, column 1679WA and 8 October 2007, Official Report, column 227W, and pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2024 to Question 16860 on Housing: Valuation, whether the Valuation Office Agency uses locality adjustment factors to calibrate the automated valuation model for multiple regression analysis; and how many localities the Valuation Office Agency has created for the model.
tabling member constituency	Sedgefield
tabling member printed	Paul Howell
uin	20809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>The Valuation Office Agency’s Automated Valuation Model (AVM) methodology for Wales has been updated substantially since the cancelled 2007 English revaluation. The new AVM uses spatial modelling techniques of which location is a key element. The spatial model estimates a continuous field of location factors (which are influenced by various aspects such as transport links, crime rates, quality of nearby schools) rather than the discrete localities.</p><p> </p><p>I would observe that this is a policy proposed by the Welsh Government, and does not represent the policy position of the UK Government in England.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 15/04/2024 08:53:21 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4830 label Biography information for Paul Howell

1697181

registered interest
date	19/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Housing: Valuation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2024 to Question 16860 on Housing: Valuation, which already available data from third parties was used for the model development.
tabling member constituency	Sedgefield
tabling member printed	Paul Howell
uin	19499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>The Welsh Government has commissioned the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) to carry out a revaluation of all domestic property in Wales. To facilitate this, the VOA has built an Automated Valuation Model which has produced values for 1.46 million properties.</p><p> </p><p>The following external datasets were used:</p><ul><li>Land Registry Price Paid data to supplement VOA sales data</li><li>Land Registry Title Polygons and Ordnance Survey National Geographic Database for plot sizes for houses</li><li>Ordnance Survey Master Map for building footprints for houses</li><li>House Price Index to adjust sales in time</li><li>National Statistics Postcode Lookup (NSPL) to incorporate Census Geography</li><li>Ordnance Survey AddressBase Premium for latest property coordinate data</li><li>Energy Performance Certificates</li></ul><p> </p><p>Additionally, as part of model development, sales verification was undertaken. VOA staff used a range of available data, such as aerial and street view photography, sales particulars, EPC certificates and Local Authority Planning websites to verify the usefulness of the sale.</p><p> </p><p>The VOA has not collected additional codes over and above those already used within England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>I would observe that this is a policy proposed by the Labour Welsh Government, and does not represent the policy position of the UK Government in England.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 19500 19501 question first answered 26/03/2024 15:00:25 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4830 label Biography information for Paul Howell

1697182

registered interest
date	19/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Housing: Valuation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2024 to Question 16860,on Housing: Valuation, whether the Valuation Office Agency plans to collect additional (a) dwelling house codes and (b) value significant codes in addition to those used in England for the model.
tabling member constituency	Sedgefield
tabling member printed	Paul Howell
uin	19500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>The Welsh Government has commissioned the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) to carry out a revaluation of all domestic property in Wales. To facilitate this, the VOA has built an Automated Valuation Model which has produced values for 1.46 million properties.</p><p> </p><p>The following external datasets were used:</p><ul><li>Land Registry Price Paid data to supplement VOA sales data</li><li>Land Registry Title Polygons and Ordnance Survey National Geographic Database for plot sizes for houses</li><li>Ordnance Survey Master Map for building footprints for houses</li><li>House Price Index to adjust sales in time</li><li>National Statistics Postcode Lookup (NSPL) to incorporate Census Geography</li><li>Ordnance Survey AddressBase Premium for latest property coordinate data</li><li>Energy Performance Certificates</li></ul><p> </p><p>Additionally, as part of model development, sales verification was undertaken. VOA staff used a range of available data, such as aerial and street view photography, sales particulars, EPC certificates and Local Authority Planning websites to verify the usefulness of the sale.</p><p> </p><p>The VOA has not collected additional codes over and above those already used within England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>I would observe that this is a policy proposed by the Labour Welsh Government, and does not represent the policy position of the UK Government in England.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 19499 19501 question first answered 26/03/2024 15:00:25 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4830 label Biography information for Paul Howell

1697183

registered interest
date	19/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Housing: Valuation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2024 to Question 16860 on Housing: Valuation, how many value estimates have been produced using the Valuation Office Agency's automated valuation model.
tabling member constituency	Sedgefield
tabling member printed	Paul Howell
uin	19501
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>The Welsh Government has commissioned the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) to carry out a revaluation of all domestic property in Wales. To facilitate this, the VOA has built an Automated Valuation Model which has produced values for 1.46 million properties.</p><p> </p><p>The following external datasets were used:</p><ul><li>Land Registry Price Paid data to supplement VOA sales data</li><li>Land Registry Title Polygons and Ordnance Survey National Geographic Database for plot sizes for houses</li><li>Ordnance Survey Master Map for building footprints for houses</li><li>House Price Index to adjust sales in time</li><li>National Statistics Postcode Lookup (NSPL) to incorporate Census Geography</li><li>Ordnance Survey AddressBase Premium for latest property coordinate data</li><li>Energy Performance Certificates</li></ul><p> </p><p>Additionally, as part of model development, sales verification was undertaken. VOA staff used a range of available data, such as aerial and street view photography, sales particulars, EPC certificates and Local Authority Planning websites to verify the usefulness of the sale.</p><p> </p><p>The VOA has not collected additional codes over and above those already used within England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>I would observe that this is a policy proposed by the Labour Welsh Government, and does not represent the policy position of the UK Government in England.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 19499 19500 question first answered 26/03/2024 15:00:25 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4830 label Biography information for Paul Howell

1693444

registered interest
date	04/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Housing: Valuation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Valuation Office Agency's contract ContractFinder procurement reference VOA/2023/033, what the budget is for the development of the Automated Valuation Model, and at what stage in its development is the current model.
tabling member constituency	Sedgefield
tabling member printed	Paul Howell
uin	16860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) has developed an Automated Valuation Model in-house as part of its preparations for the proposed Council Tax Revaluation in Wales. I would observe that this is a policy proposed by the Labour Welsh Government, and does not represent the policy position of the UK Government in England.</p><p>The let contract relates to an independent audit of the VOA’s Automated Valuation Model, undertaken to ensure it meets expected international standards.</p><p>VOA used its own data, and already available data from third parties, for the model development, at no additional cost. To assist with the development process, the VOA let a short-term advisory contract with the Center for Appraisal Research and Technology (CART), budgeted at $6,000.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 16861 question first answered 12/03/2024 12:59:58 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4830 label Biography information for Paul Howell

1693445

registered interest
date	04/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Housing: Valuation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Valuation Office Agency's contract Contract Finder procurement reference VOA/2023/033, if he will list each of the associated contracts that have been awarded to assist the development of the Automated Valuation Model with (a) name of supplier and (b) awarded value; and what external datasets have been purchased to assist that development.
tabling member constituency	Sedgefield
tabling member printed	Paul Howell
uin	16861
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) has developed an Automated Valuation Model in-house as part of its preparations for the proposed Council Tax Revaluation in Wales. I would observe that this is a policy proposed by the Labour Welsh Government, and does not represent the policy position of the UK Government in England.</p><p>The let contract relates to an independent audit of the VOA’s Automated Valuation Model, undertaken to ensure it meets expected international standards.</p><p>VOA used its own data, and already available data from third parties, for the model development, at no additional cost. To assist with the development process, the VOA let a short-term advisory contract with the Center for Appraisal Research and Technology (CART), budgeted at $6,000.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 16860 question first answered 12/03/2024 12:59:58 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4830 label Biography information for Paul Howell

1168871

registered interest
date	06/01/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Pupils: Per Capita Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to increase the level of per pupil funding.
tabling member constituency	Sedgefield
tabling member printed	Paul Howell
uin	900040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2020 answer text <p>At last year’s Spending Round, the Chancellor announced a £7.1 billion increase in schools funding by 2022-23 compared to this year.</p><p> </p><p>This will level up funding across the country and ensure at least £5,000 a year for every secondary school pupil next year, and £4,000 a year for every primary school pupil by 2021-22.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 07/01/2020 14:41:48 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4830 label Biography information for Paul Howell