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1435526

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2022
	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 total value was of National Insurance contributions received from people resident in (a) Scotland and (b) the rest of the UK for each year since 2000.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	129838
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2022 answer text <p>The estimates of annual National Insurance contributions by country and region of the UK can be found in ‘Country and Regional Public Sector Finances: Revenue Tables’: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/governmentpublicsectorandtaxes/publicsectorfinance/datasets/countryandregionalpublicsectorfinancesrevenuetables" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/governmentpublicsectorandtaxes/publicsectorfinance/datasets/countryandregionalpublicsectorfinancesrevenuetables</a>.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 03/03/2022 15:32:00 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1121494

	registered interest
	date	11/04/2019
	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, how many SME’s had national insurance contributions of over (a) £100,000, (b) £75,000 and (c) £50,000 in 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	244194
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2019 answer text <p>It is not possible to estimate the number of SME’s with employer National Insurance Contributions over the (a) £100,000, (b) £75,000 and (c) £50,000 in 2018 as the information is not readily available.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC does not collect information on employer size and turnover in relation to an employer’s National Insurance Contributions.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 24/04/2019 12:11:26 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1123039

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2019
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April 2019 to Question 244194, whether his Department makes an assessment of the national insurance contributions of SMEs; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	247778
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>It is not possible to produce a timely estimate of the National Insurance Contributions of SMEs as the information is not readily available.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 30/04/2019 14:09:47 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1176018

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2020
	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 plans he has to increase the Lower Earning Limit in line with the primary national insurance contribution threshold.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	12375
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2020 answer text <p>The Primary Threshold will increase above inflation from £166 to £183 per week. This does not affect State Pension entitlement.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has announced that the Lower Earnings Limit, the point at which employees start to build State Pension entitlement, will be increased in line with inflation from £118 to £120 per week from April 2020.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 10/02/2020 11:25:08 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1662616

	registered interest
	date	02/10/2023
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	National Insurance Contributions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what estimates they have made, if any, of the cost savings that would result from increasing the minimum years of National Insurance contributions required for a full State Pension from 35 to 45.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL10441
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made. The number of Qualifying Years required for a full State Pension strikes a balance between achieving wide coverage, maintaining the contributory principle and ensuring the overall affordability of the State Pension.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 16/10/2023 16:45:14 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1698285

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	National Insurance Contributions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks of Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 18 March (HL Deb col 82), what is their assessment of the implications for calculating entitlement to contributory working age benefits and pensions of abolishing national insurance contributions.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
	uin	HL3589
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2024 answer text <p>Cutting NICs does not affect anyone’s entitlement to the State Pension or contributory benefits.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 08/04/2024 13:56:50 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

1700735

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	National Insurance Contributions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 8 April (HL3589), whether they will now answer the question put; namely, what is their assessment of the implications for calculating entitlement to contributory working age benefits and pensions of abolishing, rather than cutting, national insurance contributions.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
	uin	HL3770
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government already cut employee NICs by 4p, self-employed NICs by 3p and abolished the requirement to pay Class 2 for self-employed people across Autumn and Spring without increasing borrowing or cutting spending. That is the model the Government wants to follow when it is prudent to go further.</p><p> </p><p>The ambition to abolish NICs is about reducing tax and rewarding work, not about reforming the contributory benefits system. It is a long-term ambition, and the Government has been clear, this cannot be done overnight and this can only be done in a fiscally responsible way.</p><p> </p><p>Cutting NICs rates does not affect anyone’s entitlement to the State Pension or contributory benefits.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 25/04/2024 10:35:56 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

1386219

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2021
	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 discussions he has had with the (a) Welsh Government, (b) Scottish Government and (c) Northern Ireland Executive on HMRC’s request that employers use, and software developers facilitate, the payslip messaging functionality in 2022-23 explaining the National Insurance Contributions increase.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	89646
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2021 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the answer that was given on 29 November 2021 to PQ UIN 78496.</p><p> </p><p>The engagement with the devolved administrations mentioned includes the Northern Ireland Executive.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 16/12/2021 11:17:58 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1186632

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2020
	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, whether his Department plans to remove class 2 national insurance contributions.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	32269
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2020 answer text The Government has no plans to remove Class 2 National Insurance contributions.<p> </p>The Government does not want to discourage the lowest paid from building their entitlement to the State Pension and having security and choice in retirement. A £3 per week Class 2 payment allows the self-employed with low profits to be able to build entitlement to the new State Pension (worth up to £168.60 per week in 2019-20).<p> </p><p>The department will keep this issue under review in the context of the wider tax system and the sustainability of the public finances.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 24/03/2020 18:00:44 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1135558

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2019
	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 revenue accruing to the public purse annually from a 1p increase in National Insurance.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	270789
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) publish estimates of the exchequer impact of various illustrative tax changes in the publication series “Direct effects of illustrative tax changes”. This includes illustrative effects for the following National Insurance changes:</p><ul><li><p>Change Class 1 employee main rate by 1 percent point</p></li><li><p>Change Class 1 employee additional rate by 1 percent point</p></li><li><p>Change Class 1 employer rate by 1 percentage point</p></li><li><p>Change Class 2 rate by £1 per week</p></li><li><p>Change Class 4 main rate by 1 percentage point</p></li><li><p>Change Class 4 additional rate by 1 percentage point.</p></li></ul><p> </p><p>The latest bulletin, published in April 2019, is linked below: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/direct-effects-of-illustrative-tax-changes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/direct-effects-of-illustrative-tax-changes</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/07/2019 14:53:18 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord