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1002196

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Workplace Pensions: Tax Allowances
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Buscombe on 31 October (HL10750), how many (1) women, and (2) men, recorded by HMRC Real Time Information record, who earnt below £11,850 were contributing at work to a net pay pension scheme.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL11217
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>HMRC estimates that 1.2m individuals earning below the personal allowance in 2015/16 made workplace pension contributions, reported via Real Time Information (RTI), using net pay arrangements. Around 74% of these individuals are estimated to be female and 26% are estimated to be male.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC estimates that a total of 5.5m individuals made workplace pension contributions using relief at source, reported via RTI in 2015/16. Around 45% of these individuals are estimated to be female and 55% are estimated to be male.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC’s Survey of Personal Income (SPI) was used to estimate earnings for these individuals. The latest information available on individual earnings is published for 2015/16.</p><p> </p><p>The personal allowance in 2015/16 was £10,600, not £11,850, which is the current personal allowance for 2018-19.</p><p> </p><p>(Estimates are rounded to the nearest 100,000)</p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL11218 question first answered 19/11/2018 16:21:02 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1002197

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Workplace Pensions: Tax Allowances
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Buscombe on 31 October (HL10750), how many (1) women, and (2) men, recorded by the HMRC Real Time Information record, are contributing at work to a relief at source pension scheme.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL11218
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>HMRC estimates that 1.2m individuals earning below the personal allowance in 2015/16 made workplace pension contributions, reported via Real Time Information (RTI), using net pay arrangements. Around 74% of these individuals are estimated to be female and 26% are estimated to be male.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC estimates that a total of 5.5m individuals made workplace pension contributions using relief at source, reported via RTI in 2015/16. Around 45% of these individuals are estimated to be female and 55% are estimated to be male.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC’s Survey of Personal Income (SPI) was used to estimate earnings for these individuals. The latest information available on individual earnings is published for 2015/16.</p><p> </p><p>The personal allowance in 2015/16 was £10,600, not £11,850, which is the current personal allowance for 2018-19.</p><p> </p><p>(Estimates are rounded to the nearest 100,000)</p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL11217 question first answered 19/11/2018 16:21:02 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1064173

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Company Cars: Taxation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to freeze the company car tax benefit in kind rates at the 2020/21 level after 2021.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL13820
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>Decisions on future company car tax rates are made by the Chancellor balancing the need to ensure revenues remain sustainable with incentivising the uptake of cars with low carbon dioxide emissions.</p><p> </p><p>The government aims to announce rates at least two years ahead of implementation to provide certainty for employers, employees and fleet operators.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 05/03/2019 14:51:40 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1064175

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Pensions: Tax Allowances
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) employers, and (2) individuals have received demands for repayment of double tax relief resulting from errors in administration of pension contributions.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL13822
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p><p> </p><p>Errors made by employers and pension providers have resulted in some individuals receiving either no tax relief on their pension contributions, or receiving tax relief twice. The HMRC investigation into this issue with a number of pension providers is ongoing.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 05/03/2019 14:53:25 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1082396

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	PAYE
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many employers use the HMRC Basic PAYE tool for their payroll data calculations.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL14233
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>The Basic PAYE Tool (BPT) is a downloadable tool which HMRC has made available, at no cost to the customer, to enable small employers to run their payrolls in compliance with the PAYE legislation. Information on the number of employers who use the BPT is not readily accessible and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 19/03/2019 15:31:10 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1082399

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Workplace Pensions: Tax Allowances
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many employers have been asked to repay overpaid tax relief as a result of employers submitting pension contributions which incorrectly based their payments on the wrong assumption about whether the pension scheme used Relief at Source or Net Pay for administering tax relief.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL14236
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>Errors made by employers and pension providers have resulted in individuals receiving either no tax relief on their pension contributions, or receiving tax relief twice.</p><p> </p><p>In the Pension schemes newsletter 105 (November 2018), HMRC invited pension schemes who think that any of their members have been given the wrong amount of tax relief to email HMRC. HMRC would then work with them to help correct their tax position.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC is working with pension schemes and can’t give more detail of the dealing of these cases as this could prejudice future compliance activity.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 19/03/2019 13:10:54 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

784662

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	National Insurance Credits
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the number of women who are not claiming Child Benefit due to a parent earning above £50,000 and who do not receive the credit for National Insurance State Pension each year.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL2880
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Child Benefit can help some claimants qualify for National Insurance credits. These credits count towards their State Pension and protect it by making sure they don’t have gaps in their National Insurance record.</p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) ensures that individuals have the information they need to make well-informed choices about their pension position and Child Benefit. HMRC provides specific information on the Child Benefit claim form, through the HMRC helpline, online at gov.uk, through partners such as Citizen’s Advice, and in the Bounty Packs that go to new parents.</p><p> </p><p>However, some people may choose not to claim Child Benefit. HMRC does not have an estimate of the number of people whose state pension entitlements are affected by their decision not to claim.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 20/11/2017 11:36:31 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

785828

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Workplace Pensions: Tax Allowances
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are planning to ensure that workers earning below £11,500 a year who are automatically enrolled into Net Pay Schemes are able to obtain the tax relief they are due; if so, how; and if not, whether they intend to introduce alternative measures to ensure that either (1) the employer, or (2) the pension provider, compensates such low earners for the money they lose out on.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL2976
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government recognises the different impacts on workers earning below the personal allowance. However, it has not been possible to identify any straightforward or proportionate means to align the effects of the net pay and relief at source mechanisms more closely for this population.</p><p> </p><p>Workplace pension schemes are chosen by employers and the Pensions Regulator provides guidance on this in relation to automatic enrolment. The guidance covers the choice between net pay and relief at source schemes, and the implications of net pay schemes for employees who do not pay tax. It also says that some schemes that use the net pay arrangement may have lower charges than schemes that operate relief at source.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 21/11/2017 14:17:57 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

800412

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Individual Savings Accounts
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the number of people aged (1) 50–59, (2) 60–69, (3) 70–79, (4) 80–89, and (5) 90 or over, who own ISAs; and for each age group, what is the average holding.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL3799
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>The number of people over 65 who own ISAs and their average value is set out in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Numbers: thousands</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Age</p></td><td><p>Number of ISA holders</p></td><td><p>Average ISA Market Values</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>65 and over</p></td><td><p>6,353</p></td><td><p>£38,859</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This information is taken from HMRC Individual Savings Account (ISA) statistics which is available on Gov.uk</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of people who hold ISA in the age bands (1) 50–59, (2) 60–69, (3) 70–79, (4) 80–89, and (5) 90 or over, who own ISAs; and the average holding is set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>ISA Holders</p></td><td><p>Numbers: thousands</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Age</p></td><td><p>Total Number of ISA holders</p></td><td><p>Average ISA Market Values</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>50-59</p></td><td><p>4,052</p></td><td><p>£22,406</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>60-69</p></td><td><p>4,017</p></td><td><p>£34,409</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>70-79</p></td><td><p>2,670</p></td><td><p>£39,484</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>80-89</p></td><td><p>1,362</p></td><td><p>£40,373</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>90 and over</p></td><td><p>256</p></td><td><p>£40,097</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Total<sub>1</sub></p></td><td><p>21,575</p></td><td><p>£22,387</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Footnotes</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><sup>1</sup> Total is for all ages, including those not shown in the table.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL3800 question first answered 13/12/2017 16:51:00 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

800413

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Individual Savings Accounts
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the number of people aged over 65 who own ISAs; and what is the average value of their holdings.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL3800
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>The number of people over 65 who own ISAs and their average value is set out in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Numbers: thousands</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Age</p></td><td><p>Number of ISA holders</p></td><td><p>Average ISA Market Values</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>65 and over</p></td><td><p>6,353</p></td><td><p>£38,859</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This information is taken from HMRC Individual Savings Account (ISA) statistics which is available on Gov.uk</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of people who hold ISA in the age bands (1) 50–59, (2) 60–69, (3) 70–79, (4) 80–89, and (5) 90 or over, who own ISAs; and the average holding is set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>ISA Holders</p></td><td><p>Numbers: thousands</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Age</p></td><td><p>Total Number of ISA holders</p></td><td><p>Average ISA Market Values</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>50-59</p></td><td><p>4,052</p></td><td><p>£22,406</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>60-69</p></td><td><p>4,017</p></td><td><p>£34,409</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>70-79</p></td><td><p>2,670</p></td><td><p>£39,484</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>80-89</p></td><td><p>1,362</p></td><td><p>£40,373</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>90 and over</p></td><td><p>256</p></td><td><p>£40,097</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Total<sub>1</sub></p></td><td><p>21,575</p></td><td><p>£22,387</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Footnotes</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><sup>1</sup> Total is for all ages, including those not shown in the table.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL3799 question first answered 13/12/2017 16:51:00 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann