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100107

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	answering body	HM 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 Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps he has taken to simplify the rates of employees' National Insurance contributions.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	211325
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>This Government is committed to a competitive tax regime and has introduced a range of measures to reduce the burden of National Insurance Contributions (NICs), as part of our long term economic plan to back business and create jobs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Employment Allowance, introduced in April this year, means that around 450,000 employers– one third of all employers – are expected to be taken out of paying employer NICs altogether in 2014-15 and from April 2015, employer NICs for under 21 year olds will be abolished, helping to support jobs for almost 1.5 million young people currently in employment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 27/10/2014 16:16:49 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

170959

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	National Insurance Contributions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many additional part-time workers, by gender, currently earning between £3,000 a year and the current lower earnings limit they estimate would, by virtue of their earnings, fall within the National Insurance system should the lower earnings limit be reduced to £3,000 and at what gross cost to the Exchequer; how many of those additional part-time workers, by gender, earning between £3,000 a year and the lower earnings limit would currently be credited into the National Insurance system; and what, taking into account existing crediting arrangements, would be the net cost of reducing the lower earnings limit to £3,000.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hollis of Heigham
	uin	HL3866
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2015 answer text <p><strong>The information is not available.</strong></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 06/01/2015 14:27:13 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
	tabling member	1845 label Biography information for Baroness Hollis of Heigham

100856

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2014
	answering body	HM 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 Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much (a) Class 2 and (b) Class 4 National Insurance his Department collected from individuals earning less than the threshold for income tax during the 2012-13 tax year.
	tabling member constituency	Aberconwy
	tabling member printed	Guto Bebb
	uin	221892
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>Estimates of the amount of Class 2 National Insurance contributions collected from individuals earning less than the threshold for income tax are not available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For the tax year 2012-13, £28m of Class 4 National Insurance contributions was collected from individuals with total profits below the income tax threshold of £8,105.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For the tax year 2012-13, £510m of Class 1 National Insurance contributions was collected from individuals with total employment income below the income tax threshold of £8,105.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 211895 question first answered 03/11/2014 16:13:58 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb

100858

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2014
	answering body	HM 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 Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue in the form of Class 1 National Insurance contributions was collected from people earning less than the threshold for income tax in the 2012-13 tax year.
	tabling member constituency	Aberconwy
	tabling member printed	Guto Bebb
	uin	211895
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>Estimates of the amount of Class 2 National Insurance contributions collected from individuals earning less than the threshold for income tax are not available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For the tax year 2012-13, £28m of Class 4 National Insurance contributions was collected from individuals with total profits below the income tax threshold of £8,105.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For the tax year 2012-13, £510m of Class 1 National Insurance contributions was collected from individuals with total employment income below the income tax threshold of £8,105.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 221892 question first answered 03/11/2014 16:13:58 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb

105837

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2014
	answering body	HM 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 Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses have (a) claimed and (b) been awarded employment allowance in (i) Wales and (ii) England.
	tabling member constituency	Aberconwy
	tabling member printed	Guto Bebb
	uin	212884
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>A statistical release covering take-up of the Employment Allowance, including regional and constituency data was published on the 7<sup>th</sup> November.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These statistics show that up to October 5<sup>th</sup> 2014, midway through the 2014-15 tax year, 35,000 employers in Wales and 728,000 employers in England had claimed and benefitted from the Employment Allowance. Employers automatically benefit from the allowance if they make a claim and have an employer Class 1 National Insurance Contribution bill.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>So far 900 employers in Aberconwy and 6,400 employers in the North Wales constituencies have benefitted from the Employment Allowance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This demonstrates the Government’s commitment to reducing the costs of employment for small businesses across the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 212969 question first answered 10/11/2014 17:56:37 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb

62806

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	National Insurance Contributions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much is raised annually from National Insurance contributions.
	tabling member printed	Lord Christopher
	uin	HL486
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>Information on monthly and annual receipts of National Insurance contributions is published in table HM Revenue and Customs Receipts on the GOV.UK website.</p><p> </p><p>A link to the most recent publication is given below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/321069/20140610_Maymonthlyreceipts.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/321069/20140610_Maymonthlyreceipts.pdf</a></p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 30/06/2014 15:23:05 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
	tabling member	3395 label Biography information for Lord Christopher

62807

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	National Insurance Contributions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they make public how National Insurance contributions are distributed and to which expenditure; and, if so, how National Insurance contributions are dispersed.
	tabling member printed	Lord Christopher
	uin	HL487
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>The destination of National Insurance contributions (NICs) is set out in Section 162 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 and Section 142 of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Administration Act 1992. NICs are paid into the National Insurance Funds (NIF) after deducting the appropriate NHS allocation. Contributory benefits are paid out of the Funds and the amounts are published in the National Insurance Fund Accounts[1].</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-insurance-fund-accounts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-insurance-fund-accounts</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 30/06/2014 15:27:01 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
	tabling member	3395 label Biography information for Lord Christopher

65840

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	National Insurance Contributions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what were the total National Insurance Contribution receipts paid to the National Health Service in each of the last five years to April 2014; and what proportion of the total National Insurance Contributions receipts those totals represented.
	tabling member printed	Lord Christopher
	uin	HL832
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>The table below shows total NICs receipts and NHS allocation to 2012-13.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Tax Year</p></td><td><p>Total NICs receipts (bn)</p></td><td><p>NHS allocation (bn)</p></td><td><p>NHS allocation as proportion of total NICs receipts</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>£95.5</p></td><td><p>£20.8</p></td><td><p>21.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>£96.5</p></td><td><p>£20.9</p></td><td><p>21.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£101.6</p></td><td><p>£21.1</p></td><td><p>20.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£102</p></td><td><p>£21.0</p></td><td><p>20.6%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Total National Insurance contributions receipts for the years up to 2013-14 can be found in the statistical publication <em>HMRC tax and NICs receipts for the UK</em> available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-tax-and-nics-receipts-for-the-uk" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-tax-and-nics-receipts-for-the-uk</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The NHS allocation from 2009-10 to 2012-13 is set out in in the National Insurance Fund Accounts available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-insurance-fund-accounts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-insurance-fund-accounts</a>. Accounts for 2013-14 will be available in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 17/07/2014 14:50:38 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
	tabling member	3395 label Biography information for Lord Christopher

101798

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2014
	answering body	HM 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 Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses have (a) claimed and (b) been successfully awarded employment allowance in (i) Bury St Edmunds, (ii) Suffolk, (iii) the East of England and (iv) England and Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Bury St Edmunds
	tabling member printed	Mr David Ruffley
	uin	212563
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>A statistical release covering take-up of the Employment Allowance, including regional and constituency data, is already scheduled for publication on the 7<sup>th</sup> November.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The release will cover take-up for the first six months of 2014-15. The scheme as a whole has enjoyed good take-up so far. A press release from July 2014 announced that by the end of June around 725,000 businesses and charities; including around 72,000 in the East of England, around 616,000 in England, and around 30,000 in Wales had benefitted from the allowance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This demonstrates the Government’s commitment to reducing the costs of employment for small businesses across the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 06/11/2014 13:59:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	133 label Biography information for Mr David Ruffley