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988745

registered interest
date	16/10/2018
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to encourage people to check their national insurance contribution records in advance of their retirement.
tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
uin	180122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>Checking your National Insurance record regularly is very important and the Government has designed services and supporting communications to make this as easy for people as possible. Our online service, Check your State Pension (CySP), is key in supporting the communication campaign. This service provides a State Pension forecast (based on the individual’s current National Insurance record and an assumption that future years count towards their State Pension), and the earliest date the individual can get their State Pension. Users can look at their National Insurance record, where they will also find out how many qualifying years they have and any gaps in their contributions.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has carried out a comprehensive communication campaign to bring the new State Pension and the role of people’s National Insurance records to people’s attention. This has been through advertisements in newspapers, on social media and on radio stations across the country as well as working through Stakeholders to raise public awareness of the changes. There is also a significant package of on-line information about the State Pension at <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Between April 2000 and the end of April 2018, the Department provided more than 22 million personalised State Pension statements to people who requested them (either online or by telephone or post, and based on both old and new State Pension rules). We continue to encourage people to request a personalised State Pension Statement as part of our on-going communications.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 22/10/2018 16:02:35 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson

973362

registered interest
date	13/09/2018
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 number of people who pay both the employer and employee National Insurance contribution.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	174742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The number of individuals in Pay As You Earn (PAYE) for which there was both an employee and employer Class 1 National Insurance contributions liability was 26.64m in the 2017/18 tax year.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 15/10/2018 16:55:55 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

765620

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of his Department's policy on employment allowance on (a) employment and (b) small and medium-sized enterprises; and whether he plans to amend the employment allowance policy.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	106157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2017 answer text <p>The Employment Allowance allows business and charities throughout the UK to reduce their employer National Insurance contributions (NICs) bill by up to £3,000 every year. Last year alone this meant over 1 million employers benefitted, of which 97% had fewer than 50 employees. Employers overall saved £2bn in employers NICs due to the Employment Allowance.</p><p> </p><p>The Government published research into awareness and impact of the Employment Allowance with small employers in 2015. This can be found online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/445848/Research_Report_368_Awareness_and_Impact_of_the_Employment_Allowance_-_Research_with_small_employers.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/445848/Research_Report_368_Awareness_and_Impact_of_the_Employment_Allowance_-_Research_with_small_employers.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 11/10/2017 11:33:09 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

760629

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employees received national insurance relief for employment allowance in (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16 and (c) 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	105169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The Employment Allowance provides eligible employers with a reduction of up to £3,000 a year on their employer’s National Insurance contributions (NICs). This is a relief on employer’s rather than employee NICs; the allowance does not give employees national insurance relief.</p><p> </p><p>Details on the employers that benefit from the Employment Allowance can be found in HMRC’s Employment Allowance take-up publication, found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/employment-allowance-take-up-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/employment-allowance-take-up-statistics</a>. In particular, table 6 provides a summary of Employment Allowance take-up by employer size.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 09/10/2017 13:06:35 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

758059

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of abolishing the Class 2 National Insurance category on the living standards of people earning under £6,000 a year.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	9080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text The Government has previously consulted extensively on the impacts of abolishing Class 2 NICs and responded to this consultation at Autumn Statement. This response is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-abolishing-class-2-national-insurance-and-introducing-a-contributory-benefit-test-to-class-4-national-insurance-for-the-self-employed. The Government published a tax information and impact note on this policy at Autumn Statement 2016. The figures requested are not available.<p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 9081 9097 9098 question first answered 11/09/2017 16:03:25 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

758060

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in (a) Dwyfor Meirionnydd constituency, (b) Wales and (c) the UK earn under £6,000 a year and make voluntary national insurance contributions through Class 2.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	9081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text The Government has previously consulted extensively on the impacts of abolishing Class 2 NICs and responded to this consultation at Autumn Statement. This response is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-abolishing-class-2-national-insurance-and-introducing-a-contributory-benefit-test-to-class-4-national-insurance-for-the-self-employed. The Government published a tax information and impact note on this policy at Autumn Statement 2016. The figures requested are not available.<p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 9080 9097 9098 question first answered 11/09/2017 16:03:25 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

758067

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of granting people earning less than £6,000 a year the same pension rights that come with Class 4 contributions after the abolition of the Class 2 bracket.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	9097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text The Government has previously consulted extensively on the impacts of abolishing Class 2 NICs and responded to this consultation at Autumn Statement. This response is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-abolishing-class-2-national-insurance-and-introducing-a-contributory-benefit-test-to-class-4-national-insurance-for-the-self-employed. The Government published a tax information and impact note on this policy at Autumn Statement 2016. The figures requested are not available.<p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 9080 9081 9098 question first answered 11/09/2017 16:03:25 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

758068

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of retaining the Class 2 category of national insurance contributions.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	9098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text The Government has previously consulted extensively on the impacts of abolishing Class 2 NICs and responded to this consultation at Autumn Statement. This response is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-abolishing-class-2-national-insurance-and-introducing-a-contributory-benefit-test-to-class-4-national-insurance-for-the-self-employed. The Government published a tax information and impact note on this policy at Autumn Statement 2016. The figures requested are not available.<p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 9080 9081 9097 question first answered 11/09/2017 16:03:25 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

757391

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
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	National Insurance Contributions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to introduce provisions relating to Class 3 national insurance credits in the National Insurance Contributions Bill.
tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
tabling member printed	Michael Tomlinson
uin	8487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government has no current plans to introduce a Class 3 National Insurance credit for volunteers.</p><p> </p><p>However on 6 September, a Call For Evidence was published on the Full-Time Social Action Review which will develop recommendations on how to support full time volunteering.</p><p> </p><p>Details of how to submit evidence are available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/643612/Full_Time_Social_Action_Review_-_Call_for_Evidence.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/643612/Full_Time_Social_Action_Review_-_Call_for_Evidence.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The review will consider what the voluntary sector, industry and, if needed, government can do to support full-time volunteering.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 8437 8438 question first answered 12/09/2017 16:02:57 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson

710452

registered interest
date	13/03/2017
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost would be in the next financial year of raising the threshold at which people begin paying national insurance contributions (NICs) to £11,500; and how many employees would pay no tax or NICs in the event of that threshold being changed.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	67615
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2017 answer text <p>HM Treasury does not keep this information in the form requested. However, based on HM Revenue and Customs’ ‘Direct Effects of Illustrative Tax Changes’, a published document, the approximate costs to the Exchequer in 2017-18 would be:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>Increasing the primary NICs threshold to £11,500 would cost approximately £15bn a year;</p></li><li><p>Increasing the secondary NICs threshold to £11,500 would cost approximately £16bn a year; and</p></li><li><p>Increasing the Lower Profits Limit for Class 4 NICs to £11,500 would cost approximately £1bn a year.</p><p> </p><p>The total annual cost to the Exchequer of increasing all three thresholds to £11,500 would on this basis be approximately £32bn. These are approximate estimates, and in any case do not take into account the secondary effects of behavioural changes after an increase to the threshold.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury has not made an assessment of how many employees would pay no tax or NICs as a result of this.</p></li></ul> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 16/03/2017 16:33:41 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell