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registered interest
date	20/03/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	National Insurance Contributions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much revenue they estimate would be raised if a national insurance surcharge of one per cent were applied to the employment, rental, savings, and pensions income of those below retirement age.
tabling member printed	Lord Macpherson of Earl's Court
uin	HL6506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>The revenue raised from increasing Class 1 national insurance rates on employment income by 1% may be approximated using the “Direct effects of illustrative tax changes”<sup>1</sup>.</p><p> </p><p>This shows the yield from a change in the Class 1 employee main rate by 1 percentage point and the Class 1 employee additional rate by 1 percent point in 2018-19 through to 2020-21.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>(£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019-20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020-21</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Change Class 1 employee main rate by 1 percent point</strong></p></td><td><p>4050</p></td><td><p>4200</p></td><td><p>4300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Change Class 1 employee additional rate by 1 percent point</strong></p></td><td><p>890</p></td><td><p>910</p></td><td><p>940</p></td></tr></tbody></table><ol><li><strong>Extract of the table as published at the following address: </strong><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></li></ol><p><strong> </strong></p>An estimate of the impact of introducing a NICs charge for those over state pension age or a surcharge for those below state pension age on rental, savings, and pensions income is not available. National Insurance is not currently payable on these income streams and therefore a number of policy design decisions would need to be taken in order to estimate how much would be raised from introducing such a charge. answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 29/03/2018 14:45:32 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4586 label Biography information for Lord Macpherson of Earl's Court

627549

registered interest
date	02/11/2016
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 have made an estimate of the revenue that would be raised by (1) a one percentage point rise in the rate of national insurance, and (2) the imposition of national insurance contributions of one per cent on employees who have reached State Pension age; and if so, how much those estimated revenues would be.
tabling member printed	Lord Lipsey
uin	HL2925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2016 answer text <p>The estimated impact of increasing the rate of employees National Insurance Contributions (NICs) can be found in HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC’s) 2016 publication <em>the Direct effects of illustrative tax changes, </em>which can be found on the gov.uk website. The 2018-19 figures are given in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Direct effects of illustrative changes (£m) </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>National Insurance Contributions Rates </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Change Class 1 employee main rate by 1 percent point</p></td><td><p>4,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Change Class 1 employee additional rate by 1 percent point</p></td><td><p>920</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Change Class 1 employer rate by 1 percentage point</p></td><td><p>5,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Change Class 2 rate by £1 per week</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Change Class 4 main rate by 1 percentage point</p></td><td><p>340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Change Class 4 additional rate by 1 percentage point</p></td><td><p>210</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>HMRC currently estimates that the direct effect of imposing NICs charged at 1% on those over State Pension age would raise around £100m in employee NIC receipts in 2018-19. This is comparable to the table above.</p><p> </p><p>The estimate is based on the latest Survey of Personal Incomes (2013-14), which has been projected in line with Budget 2016 economic assumptions from the Office of Budget Responsibility.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 10/11/2016 12:49:45 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	2492 label Biography information for Lord Lipsey

439510

registered interest
date	17/12/2015
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 many persons were paying National Insurance contributions in the most recent period for which data are available, and how many of those were citizens of the EU10 countries at the time they first registered for a National Insurance number.
tabling member printed	Lord Green of Deddington
uin	HL4695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2016 answer text <p>In 2012-13 it is estimated that 26.8m individuals are liable to National Insurance Contributions from earned income or self-employed profits across the different classes of National Insurance.</p><br /><p>This is estimated using the latest available outturn from the Survey of Personal Income (SPI) for 2012-13. The SPI does not contain information on the nationality of individuals in the sample.</p><br /><p>Calculating the number of individuals in 2012-13 who were paying National Insurance Contributions who were citizens of the EU when they first registered for a National Insurance number is complex and cannot be done quickly.However, HM Revenue and Customs are planning to produce more data early in 2016 on this issue.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley question first answered 06/01/2016 14:40:17 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	4346 label Biography information for Lord Green of Deddington

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

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

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