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747343

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
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	Workplace Pensions: Tax Allowances
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they have estimated the number of workers earning below the personal tax threshold who have been automatically enrolled into a workplace pension scheme that operates on a Net Pay basis; and if not, why not.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government does not collect data on the number of workers earning less than the personal allowance who are also members of pension schemes that operate a net pay system. The Government does not hold employee level data on employees enrolled in net pay pension schemes, as such schemes are not obliged to report pension contributions to HM Revenue and Customs. The Government does not, therefore, hold information on the value of tax reliefs paid out to employees in net pay schemes.</p><p> </p><p>The latest official analysis of the eligibility of workers for automatic enrolment was published on 13 October 2016 in ‘Workplace Pensions: Update of analysis on Automatic Enrolment’. Information on age and earnings breakdowns for all workers can be found in table 3a on page 6.</p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Regulator provides guidance to employers on choosing a pension scheme for their staff in order to discharge their statutory obligations under automatic enrolment. This 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. Provided an employer has selected a qualifying pension scheme for automatic enrolment, they have complied with their automatic enrolment duties with respect to scheme choice.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe grouped question UIN HL321 HL322 HL323 question first answered 11/07/2017 15:55:57 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

747344

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
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	Workplace Pensions: Tax Allowances
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government against whom a worker earning £11,500 can claim if they discover that their employer has used a workplace pension scheme operating on a Net Pay basis for auto-enrolment, in order to recover the 25% taxpayer bonus they could have received in a Relief at Source scheme.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government does not collect data on the number of workers earning less than the personal allowance who are also members of pension schemes that operate a net pay system. The Government does not hold employee level data on employees enrolled in net pay pension schemes, as such schemes are not obliged to report pension contributions to HM Revenue and Customs. The Government does not, therefore, hold information on the value of tax reliefs paid out to employees in net pay schemes.</p><p> </p><p>The latest official analysis of the eligibility of workers for automatic enrolment was published on 13 October 2016 in ‘Workplace Pensions: Update of analysis on Automatic Enrolment’. Information on age and earnings breakdowns for all workers can be found in table 3a on page 6.</p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Regulator provides guidance to employers on choosing a pension scheme for their staff in order to discharge their statutory obligations under automatic enrolment. This 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. Provided an employer has selected a qualifying pension scheme for automatic enrolment, they have complied with their automatic enrolment duties with respect to scheme choice.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe grouped question UIN HL320 HL322 HL323 question first answered 11/07/2017 15:55:57 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

713677

registered interest
date	23/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Pensions: Tax Allowances
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the savings to HM Treasury in terms of tax relief which would be gained if the annual allowance for pension contributions were reduced from £40,000 a year to (a) £30,000 a year, (2) £25,000 a year, and (3) £20,000 a year.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL6274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2017 answer text <p>The impacts of reducing the Annual Allowance from £40,000 a year would depend upon a number of factors including earnings growth and behavioural response to the policy change.</p><p> </p><p>A costings note for the reduction of the Annual Allowance from £50,000 to £40,000 and the Lifetime Allowance from £1.5 million to £1.25 million was published at Autumn Statement 2012<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup>.</p><p> </p><p>[1] This policy costings document was published alongside Autumn Statement 2012</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/221551/as2012_policy_costings.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/221551/as2012_policy_costings.pdf</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 05/04/2017 11:09:19 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name as2012_policy_costings.pdf title policy costings
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

713678

registered interest
date	23/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Pensions: Tax Allowances
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the cost of restricting pensions tax relief to basic rate tax relief only.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL6275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2017 answer text <p>The cost of restricting pensions tax relief to basic rate tax relief only would depend on how any changes were implemented. The impacts on tax receipts would also be subject to behavioural effects.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 05/04/2017 10:47:59 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

713679

registered interest
date	23/03/2017
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 what estimate they have made of the cost of extra tax relief due to lower than expected opt-out rates from workplace automatic enrolment in the tax years (1) 2013–14, (2) 2014–15, and (3) 2015–16.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL6276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2017 answer text <p>Estimates are not available for the extra tax relief due to lower than expected opt-out rates from workplace automatic enrolment. However, the Government remains committed to supporting people saving for retirement.</p><p> </p><p>Automatic Enrolment has produced a significant change in private pension saving and has already reversed the decline seen in the decade prior to its introduction. As at the end of February, over 7.5 million people had been enrolled into a workplace pension.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 05/04/2017 10:47:29 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

713680

registered interest
date	23/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Pensions: Tax Allowances
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the savings of (1) tax, and (2) National Insurance relief, of restricting the annual allowance for pension contributions in defined contribution pension schemes to £25,000 a year.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL6277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2017 answer text <p>The impacts of reducing the Annual Allowance from £40,000 a year would depend upon a number of factors including earnings growth and behavioural response to the policy change.</p><p> </p><p>A costings note for the reduction of the Annual Allowance from £50,000 to £40,000 and the Lifetime Allowance from £1.5 million to £1.25 million was published at Autumn Statement 2012<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup>.</p><p> </p><p>[1] This policy costings document was published alongside Autumn Statement 2012</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/221551/as2012_policy_costings.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/221551/as2012_policy_costings.pdf</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 05/04/2017 11:09:30 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name as2012_policy_costings.pdf title policy costings
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

713681

registered interest
date	23/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Pensions: Tax Allowances
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the savings of reducing the annual allowance for pension contributions in defined benefit pension schemes to £25,000 a year.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL6278
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2017 answer text <p>The impacts of reducing the Annual Allowance from £40,000 a year would depend upon a number of factors including earnings growth and behavioural response to the policy change.</p><p> </p><p>A costings note for the reduction of the Annual Allowance from £50,000 to £40,000 and the Lifetime Allowance from £1.5 million to £1.25 million was published at Autumn Statement 2012<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup>.</p><p> </p><p>[1] This policy costings document was published alongside Autumn Statement 2012</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/221551/as2012_policy_costings.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/221551/as2012_policy_costings.pdf</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 05/04/2017 11:09:38 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name as2012_policy_costings.pdf title policy costings
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

712599

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
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, further to the Written Answers by Lord O’Neill of Gatley on 19 September 2016 (HL1586, HL1587 and HL1757), Lord Freud on 15 September 2016 (HL1588), and Lord Young of Cookham on 25 October 2016 (HL2186), what analysis they have undertaken to identify how many employees are saving into a workplace pension which denies them tax relief.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL6194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2017 answer text <p>Tax relief is granted on contributions to all registered pension schemes, including workplace pensions. This relief can be provided for through two mechanisms: net pay or relief at source.</p><p> </p><p>Where a scheme operates the net pay mechanism, contributions are deducted from pay before any tax is applied. This approach applies to all members of the scheme including those earning (1) between £10,000 and £11,000 a year from their employer, and (2) below £10,000 a year from one or more employers. The pension provision would depend on these contributions as well as those made by the employer.</p><p> </p><p>The Government appreciates the impacts on low paid workers whose employers use a net pay arrangement pension scheme. 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> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL6195 HL6197 question first answered 03/04/2017 14:29:04 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

712600

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
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 what will be the effect on the pension provision for low-paid workers earning (1) between £10,000 and £11,000 a year from their employer, and (2) below £10,000 a year from one or more employers, of being put into a defined contribution workplace pension scheme which operates on a net pay basis.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL6195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2017 answer text <p>Tax relief is granted on contributions to all registered pension schemes, including workplace pensions. This relief can be provided for through two mechanisms: net pay or relief at source.</p><p> </p><p>Where a scheme operates the net pay mechanism, contributions are deducted from pay before any tax is applied. This approach applies to all members of the scheme including those earning (1) between £10,000 and £11,000 a year from their employer, and (2) below £10,000 a year from one or more employers. The pension provision would depend on these contributions as well as those made by the employer.</p><p> </p><p>The Government appreciates the impacts on low paid workers whose employers use a net pay arrangement pension scheme. 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> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL6194 HL6197 question first answered 03/04/2017 14:29:04 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

712601

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
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 what plans they have to ensure that employers and workers are told that net pay arrangement pension schemes may be unsuitable for workers who earn below the personal tax threshold, and that they face paying more than 20 per cent extra for their pension than if they were in a relief at source scheme.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL6196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2017 answer text <p>The Government has regular discussions with the Pensions Regulator on a range of issues, including workplace pensions.</p><p> </p><p>Workplace pension schemes are chosen by employers and the Pensions Regulator (TPR) 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 points out that some schemes that use the net pay arrangement may have lower charges than schemes that operate relief at source.</p><p>All employers, including public sector employers, are expected to follow TPR’s guidance about providing their employees with relevant information on the arrangements for tax relief.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL6198 HL6199 question first answered 03/04/2017 14:40:12 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann