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1702296

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2024
	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 the value was of (a) Class 1 employee, (b) Class 1 employer, (c) Class 2 and (d) Class 4 self-employed National Insurance Contributions receipts in the 2023-24 financial year.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing North
	tabling member printed	James Murray
	uin	22658
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>The Office for Budget Responsibility publishes forecast levels of National Insurance receipts in their Economic and Fiscal Outlook report.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 23/04/2024 12:36:25 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4797 label Biography information for James Murray

1697997

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Empty Property: Business Rates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to question 1 of his Department's consultation on business rates avoidance and evasion, published in July 2023, and to page 37 of his Department's publication entitled, Spring Budget 2024: Policy Costings, published in March 2024, whether his Department made an estimate of the Exchequer impact of extending the reset period for empty property relief to six months.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing North
	tabling member printed	James Murray
	uin	19972
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>Responses to the Business Rates Avoidance and Evasion consultation made clear that avoidance of business rates through abuse of Empty Property Relief (EPR) is an area we need to take action on. Most respondents, and all those from local government, agreed that extending the EPR ‘reset period’ is an effective means of reducing rates avoidance. Extending the reset period to 13 weeks will help ensure a level playing field between ratepayers while maintaining support for landlords while they seek new tenants for vacant properties.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 19973 question first answered 26/03/2024 15:31:18 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4797 label Biography information for James Murray

1697998

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Empty Property: Business Rates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to question 1 of his Department's consultation on business rates avoidance and evasion, published in July 2023, and to page 37 of his Department's publication entitled, Spring Budget 2024: Policy Costings, published in March 2024, whether his Department made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the reset period for empty property relief to six months.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing North
	tabling member printed	James Murray
	uin	19973
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>Responses to the Business Rates Avoidance and Evasion consultation made clear that avoidance of business rates through abuse of Empty Property Relief (EPR) is an area we need to take action on. Most respondents, and all those from local government, agreed that extending the EPR ‘reset period’ is an effective means of reducing rates avoidance. Extending the reset period to 13 weeks will help ensure a level playing field between ratepayers while maintaining support for landlords while they seek new tenants for vacant properties.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 19972 question first answered 26/03/2024 15:31:18 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4797 label Biography information for James Murray

1697999

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Empty Property: Business Rates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to page 37 of his Department's publication entitled, Spring Budget 2024: Policy Costings, published in March 2024, if he will publish the figures used by his Department for the size of the tax base in calculating those costings.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing North
	tabling member printed	James Murray
	uin	19974
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>The policy costing was based on data reflecting business rates receipts and reliefs as reported by local authorities in the National Non-Domestic Rates forms, which are publicly available on the gov.uk website.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 26/03/2024 14:54:37 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4797 label Biography information for James Murray

1694593

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Defamation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraphs 7.16 and 7.17 of the Ministerial Code, on how many occasions Ministers in his Department have informed the Law Officers that they are the defendants in a libel action in (a) their personal capacity, (b) their official position and (c) both since 19 December 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing North
	tabling member printed	James Murray
	uin	17681
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>HM Treasury is unable to confirm these details, in line with paragraph 2.13 of the Ministerial Code.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 12/03/2024 14:30:58 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
	tabling member	4797 label Biography information for James Murray

1684235

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	National Insurance Contributions: Software
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2023 to Question 6933 on National Insurance Contributions: Software, whether an updated version of HMRC’s Basic PAYE Tools was available to download from gov.uk by 6 January 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing North
	tabling member printed	James Murray
	uin	10946
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2024 answer text <p>Following the changes to National Insurance contributions (NICs) which were announced in Autumn Statement 2023, HMRC’s Basic PAYE Tool went live as planned on 3 January and is available for download on gov.uk.</p><p>HMRC provided its assessment of the impacts of the changes on businesses via a Tax Information and Impact Note published alongside the National Insurance Contributions (Reduction in Rates) Bill.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 10947 10948 question first answered 25/01/2024 15:52:35 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4797 label Biography information for James Murray

1684236

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	National Insurance Contributions: Software
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2023 to Question 6933 on National Insurance Contributions: Software, if he will make an estimate of (a) how many (i) payroll software developers and (ii) employers were unable to make the necessary changes to implement the changes to National Insurance contributions announced at the Autumn Statement 2023 on time and (b) how much resulting customer refunds will be.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing North
	tabling member printed	James Murray
	uin	10947
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2024 answer text <p>Following the changes to National Insurance contributions (NICs) which were announced in Autumn Statement 2023, HMRC’s Basic PAYE Tool went live as planned on 3 January and is available for download on gov.uk.</p><p>HMRC provided its assessment of the impacts of the changes on businesses via a Tax Information and Impact Note published alongside the National Insurance Contributions (Reduction in Rates) Bill.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 10946 10948 question first answered 25/01/2024 15:52:35 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4797 label Biography information for James Murray

1684237

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	National Insurance Contributions: Software
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2023 to Question 6933 on National Insurance Contributions: Software, if he will make an estimate of how many and what proportion of employers have implemented the changes to National Insurance contributions announced in the Autumn Statement 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing North
	tabling member printed	James Murray
	uin	10948
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2024 answer text <p>Following the changes to National Insurance contributions (NICs) which were announced in Autumn Statement 2023, HMRC’s Basic PAYE Tool went live as planned on 3 January and is available for download on gov.uk.</p><p>HMRC provided its assessment of the impacts of the changes on businesses via a Tax Information and Impact Note published alongside the National Insurance Contributions (Reduction in Rates) Bill.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 10946 10947 question first answered 25/01/2024 15:52:35 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4797 label Biography information for James Murray

1677859

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	National Insurance Contributions: Software
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the (a) number of (i) payroll software developers and (ii) employers that will be unable to change their systems in time to implement changes to national insurance contributions coming into effect on 6 January 2024 and (b) number of employees who will be affected as a result.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing North
	tabling member printed	James Murray
	uin	6930
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>Following the Autumn Statement 2023 announcement of changes to National Insurance contributions (NICs), HMRC are working closely with software developers and employers to ensure they have a clear understanding of the changes and to ensure HMRC is doing everything necessary to facilitate delivery of those changes, including engaging regularly with the industry. Technical specifications were provided at pace following the announcement, and HMRC’s engagement with the industry to date has indicated that the majority of payroll software developers and employers will be able to make the changes on time. HMRC will continue to engage with the industry to monitor the progress being made to implement the changes, and any implications for the volume of customer refunds.</p><p>HMRC provided its assessment of the impacts of the changes on businesses via a Tax Information and Impact Note published alongside the National Insurance Contributions (Reduction in Rates) Bill. This is available on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC is confident that its own Basic PAYE Tools (for use by employers with 9 or less employees) will be updated in time, and the updated product is expected to be available to download via gov.uk by 6th January 2024.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 6931 6932 6933 question first answered 18/12/2023 13:56:51 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4797 label Biography information for James Murray

1677861

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	National Insurance Contributions: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the capacity of employers to implement the changes to national insurance contributions coming into effect on 6 January 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing North
	tabling member printed	James Murray
	uin	6931
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>Following the Autumn Statement 2023 announcement of changes to National Insurance contributions (NICs), HMRC are working closely with software developers and employers to ensure they have a clear understanding of the changes and to ensure HMRC is doing everything necessary to facilitate delivery of those changes, including engaging regularly with the industry. Technical specifications were provided at pace following the announcement, and HMRC’s engagement with the industry to date has indicated that the majority of payroll software developers and employers will be able to make the changes on time. HMRC will continue to engage with the industry to monitor the progress being made to implement the changes, and any implications for the volume of customer refunds.</p><p>HMRC provided its assessment of the impacts of the changes on businesses via a Tax Information and Impact Note published alongside the National Insurance Contributions (Reduction in Rates) Bill. This is available on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC is confident that its own Basic PAYE Tools (for use by employers with 9 or less employees) will be updated in time, and the updated product is expected to be available to download via gov.uk by 6th January 2024.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 6930 6932 6933 question first answered 18/12/2023 13:56:51 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4797 label Biography information for James Murray