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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

1433997

registered interest
date	22/02/2022
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 proportion of the population will pay more as a result of the National Insurance Contribution rise in April 2022 than they will receive through the Council Tax Rebate.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	127434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2022 answer text <p>The Treasury publishes analysis alongside fiscal events setting out the combined impact on households of government tax and spend decisions in the round. Analysis published at Autumn Budget 21 showed that tax and spend changes announced by this government are progressive overall, with low-income households on average contributing the least in tax and receiving most benefit from spending.</p><p> </p><p>Individually, these measures are progressive. The highest earning 15 per cent pay around half of the revenues for the Health and Social Care Levy. Around 80% of households in England are in Council Tax Bands A-D, and so will benefit from this rebate.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 28/02/2022 14:43:19 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1400717

registered interest
date	07/01/2022
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, whether it remains his policy to increase the rate of National Insurance in April 2022.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	99379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2022 answer text <p>The Government announced the Health and Social Care Levy on 7 September 2021 and passed the legislation on 20 October 2021.</p><p> </p><p>The Levy will allow the Government to implement necessary adult social care reform, tackle the elective backlog in the NHS as it recovers from Coronavirus, develop our pandemic response and preparedness, and ensure the NHS has the resources it needs throughout this Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to responsible management of the public finances and it is important that this spending is fully funded, particularly in the context of record borrowing and debt to fund the economic response to COVID-19.</p><p> </p><p>A levy charged on the National Insurance Contributions base is the fairest way to raise the funds needed to support health and social care. It ensures the lowest earners are protected from increases as National Insurance has a threshold to protect the lowest paid. The highest earning 15 per cent will pay over half the revenue raised from the Levy and 6.1 million people earning less than the Primary Threshold (£9,880 in the year 2022-23), will not pay the Levy. In addition, using National Insurance as the basis ensures businesses will also pay the Levy. Businesses benefit from having a healthy workforce, so it is only fair that they contribute.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 17/01/2022 11:22:38 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

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

1379504

registered interest
date	17/11/2021
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 estimate he has made of the proportion of payroll employee jobs effected by the rise in (a) employee ad (b) employer National Insurance Contributions from April 2022.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	76722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2021 answer text <p>The Government has not made an estimate of the proportion of payroll employee jobs affected by the rise in National Insurance contributions from April 2022 as this information is not available.</p><p> </p><p>Individual employees are not directly impacted by the employer National Insurance rise which is paid by employers.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 77458 question first answered 25/11/2021 15:33:43 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

1363797

registered interest
date	26/10/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	National Insurance Contributions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking (1) to increase the employment allowance, and (2) to reform upfront costs, such as business rates.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL3464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2021 answer text <p>The Employment Allowance (EA) reduces National Insurance contributions (NICs) bills for businesses and charities by up to £4,000 per year. This applies to those whose employer Class 1 NICs liabilities were less than £100,000 in the previous tax year.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2014, businesses and charities throughout the UK have been able to claim the EA, and over 1 million employers benefitted from this relief in the year 2020/21.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has already significantly increased the EA and does not have plans to increase it further. The Government raised the EA from £3,000 to £4,000 in April 2020, benefitting 510,000 businesses. This followed the increase from £2,000 to £3,000 in 2016, meaning the value of the EA doubled in four years.</p><p> </p><p>The Business Rates Review concluded at Autumn Budget 2021 and set out significant new measures to reduce the burden of business rates by £7 billion over the next five years.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 09/11/2021 12:34:22 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1333981

registered interest
date	14/06/2021
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, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June to Question 1397 on National Insurance Contributions, if he will publish for each cell in each table a further breakdown of the data by five year age bands.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	15395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2021 answer text <p>The tables below show a breakdown by five-year age bands of how qualifying years were built up for the tax years 2011/12 and 2018/19.</p><p> </p><p>The line ‘No Full Qualifying Year’ refers to those individuals who may have had some contributions or credits recorded, but did not build a qualifying year in the respective years.</p><p>The line ‘NI Contributions and Credits’ indicates where a qualifying year includes some periods of contributions and some of credits within the year.</p><p> </p><p>Please note - for 2011/12, the low numbers of qualifying years for women aged 60-64 is because the staged introduction of State Pension ages above 60 was just beginning at that time.</p><p> </p><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Gender &amp; Age</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Contributions and NI</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Contributions Only</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>NI Credits only</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No Full Qualifying Year</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male 15-19</p></td><td><p>21,100</p></td><td><p>315,800</p></td><td><p>24,900</p></td><td><p>361,800</p></td><td><p>595,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male 20-24</p></td><td><p>72,200</p></td><td><p>1,326,200</p></td><td><p>91,300</p></td><td><p>1,489,700</p></td><td><p>563,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male 25-29</p></td><td><p>55,100</p></td><td><p>1,686,900</p></td><td><p>116,400</p></td><td><p>1,858,400</p></td><td><p>317,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male 30-34</p></td><td><p>46,900</p></td><td><p>1,668,300</p></td><td><p>140,100</p></td><td><p>1,855,300</p></td><td><p>203,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male 35-39</p></td><td><p>44,500</p></td><td><p>1,701,500</p></td><td><p>181,300</p></td><td><p>1,927,300</p></td><td><p>160,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male 40-44</p></td><td><p>42,000</p></td><td><p>1,828,600</p></td><td><p>229,500</p></td><td><p>2,100,100</p></td><td><p>158,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male 45-49</p></td><td><p>37,900</p></td><td><p>1,831,900</p></td><td><p>251,300</p></td><td><p>2,121,100</p></td><td><p>135,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male 50-54</p></td><td><p>33,300</p></td><td><p>1,548,300</p></td><td><p>243,300</p></td><td><p>1,824,900</p></td><td><p>113,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male 55-59</p></td><td><p>24,700</p></td><td><p>1,214,300</p></td><td><p>259,200</p></td><td><p>1,498,200</p></td><td><p>113,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male 60-64</p></td><td><p>68,000</p></td><td><p>729,400</p></td><td><p>815,300</p></td><td><p>1,612,700</p></td><td><p>186,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female 15-19</p></td><td><p>20,400</p></td><td><p>236,300</p></td><td><p>56,500</p></td><td><p>313,200</p></td><td><p>566,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female 20-24</p></td><td><p>118,600</p></td><td><p>1,161,900</p></td><td><p>286,200</p></td><td><p>1,566,700</p></td><td><p>453,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female 25-29</p></td><td><p>151,000</p></td><td><p>1,459,900</p></td><td><p>400,900</p></td><td><p>2,011,800</p></td><td><p>172,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female 30-34</p></td><td><p>150,000</p></td><td><p>1,340,000</p></td><td><p>439,400</p></td><td><p>1,929,400</p></td><td><p>105,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female 35-39</p></td><td><p>143,500</p></td><td><p>1,351,500</p></td><td><p>485,700</p></td><td><p>1,980,700</p></td><td><p>93,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female 40-44</p></td><td><p>116,400</p></td><td><p>1,570,000</p></td><td><p>455,200</p></td><td><p>2,141,600</p></td><td><p>117,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female 45-49</p></td><td><p>72,100</p></td><td><p>1,637,300</p></td><td><p>342,900</p></td><td><p>2,052,300</p></td><td><p>146,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female 50-54</p></td><td><p>40,800</p></td><td><p>1,374,000</p></td><td><p>279,300</p></td><td><p>1,694,100</p></td><td><p>143,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female 55-59</p></td><td><p>27,300</p></td><td><p>1,025,900</p></td><td><p>301,300</p></td><td><p>1,354,500</p></td><td><p>144,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female 60-64</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td><p>83,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,285,900</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>25,008,300</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,400,100</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31,694,300</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,574,100</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Gender &amp; Age</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Contributions and NI</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Contributions Only</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>NI Credits only</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No Full Qualifying Year</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male 15-19</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>87,200</p></td><td><p>24,500</p></td><td><p>112,000</p></td><td><p>516,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male 20-24</p></td><td><p>32,100</p></td><td><p>1,317,300</p></td><td><p>84,000</p></td><td><p>1,433,400</p></td><td><p>446,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male 25-29</p></td><td><p>29,800</p></td><td><p>1,834,700</p></td><td><p>105,100</p></td><td><p>1,969,600</p></td><td><p>250,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male 30-34</p></td><td><p>29,300</p></td><td><p>1,841,600</p></td><td><p>129,400</p></td><td><p>2,000,300</p></td><td><p>182,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male 35-39</p></td><td><p>29,800</p></td><td><p>1,740,500</p></td><td><p>151,000</p></td><td><p>1,921,300</p></td><td><p>142,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male 40-44</p></td><td><p>24,500</p></td><td><p>1,578,500</p></td><td><p>167,200</p></td><td><p>1,770,200</p></td><td><p>112,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male 45-49</p></td><td><p>23,200</p></td><td><p>1,715,000</p></td><td><p>203,100</p></td><td><p>1,941,300</p></td><td><p>112,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male 50-54</p></td><td><p>16,900</p></td><td><p>1,657,700</p></td><td><p>227,200</p></td><td><p>1,901,800</p></td><td><p>110,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male 55-59</p></td><td><p>13,600</p></td><td><p>1,349,900</p></td><td><p>228,900</p></td><td><p>1,592,400</p></td><td><p>110,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male 60-64</p></td><td><p>10,800</p></td><td><p>741,000</p></td><td><p>198,500</p></td><td><p>950,300</p></td><td><p>183,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female 15-19</p></td><td><p>700</p></td><td><p>26,400</p></td><td><p>45,300</p></td><td><p>72,400</p></td><td><p>486,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female 20-24</p></td><td><p>76,500</p></td><td><p>1,211,100</p></td><td><p>196,100</p></td><td><p>1,483,700</p></td><td><p>413,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female 25-29</p></td><td><p>133,000</p></td><td><p>1,632,000</p></td><td><p>322,500</p></td><td><p>2,087,500</p></td><td><p>178,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female 30-34</p></td><td><p>144,900</p></td><td><p>1,590,400</p></td><td><p>413,700</p></td><td><p>2,149,000</p></td><td><p>140,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female 35-39</p></td><td><p>115,500</p></td><td><p>1,503,700</p></td><td><p>436,000</p></td><td><p>2,055,200</p></td><td><p>106,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female 40-44</p></td><td><p>81,700</p></td><td><p>1,391,200</p></td><td><p>366,800</p></td><td><p>1,839,700</p></td><td><p>108,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female 45-49</p></td><td><p>57,800</p></td><td><p>1,575,500</p></td><td><p>327,800</p></td><td><p>1,961,100</p></td><td><p>134,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female 50-54</p></td><td><p>36,200</p></td><td><p>1,586,900</p></td><td><p>283,800</p></td><td><p>1,906,900</p></td><td><p>147,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female 55-59</p></td><td><p>22,000</p></td><td><p>1,234,300</p></td><td><p>278,900</p></td><td><p>1,535,200</p></td><td><p>147,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female 60-64</p></td><td><p>14,400</p></td><td><p>627,300</p></td><td><p>247,400</p></td><td><p>889,100</p></td><td><p>153,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>893,000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>26,242,200</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,437,200</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31,572,400</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,186,000</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 21/06/2021 14:56:40 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1309435

registered interest
date	15/04/2021
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, pursuant to the Answer of 1 March 2021 to Question 157313 on National Insurance Contributions, what progress her Department has made on provision of a National Insurance Number service to the majority of people.
tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
tabling member printed	Peter Grant
uin	181336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>The National Insurance Number Service is now available to all applicants living in England and Wales and, in line with Scottish Government guidelines, will be available, in Scotland, from week commencing 26<sup>th</sup> April when our face to face service resumes.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 20/04/2021 13:12:30 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

1288986

registered interest
date	23/02/2021
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 she has taken to (a) mitigate the effects of the pause in face-to-face interviews and issuing of National Insurance numbers and (b) bring in alternative plans in the interim.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	157313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2021 answer text <p>The Department is aware of the effect that not having a National Insurance Number (NINo) may be having on some individuals. However, Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs’ <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/what-payroll-information-to-report-to-hmrc" target="_blank">employer checklist</a> makes it clear that a NINo is not required to start work.</p><p>Individuals seeking work in the UK can start work before they receive a NINo as long as they are able to prove they have the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/check-job-applicant-right-to-work" target="_blank">Right to Work</a> in the UK.</p><p>The Department started testing a partial digital solution, on a small scale, in mid-October, to support the allocation of National Insurance Numbers. This solution enables the collection of an applicant’s data, but not the online verification of their identity. Alternative identity verification solutions to reduce the need for a face to face identity check for some customer groups, including EU nationals with Settled or Pre-Settled status, was part of that test.</p><p> </p><p>In January, we gained Government Digital Service approval as a result we were no longer required to limit the number of applicants we can serve, although we do not have an identity solution for all potential applicants yet. Our current plan is that by the end of March 2021 we will be able to offer a service to all applicants who do not require their identity to be verified face to face.</p><p> </p><p>This means that we have moved from a position in March 2020 of only offering a NINo service to the most vulnerable, to a place where we are able to provide a service to the majority.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 01/03/2021 14:02:04 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1216376

registered interest
date	22/06/2020
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 assessment her Department made of the potential merits of lowering the annual earnings necessary for auto-enrolment to the National Insurance lower earnings limit of £6240.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	62302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2020 answer text <p>The level of earnings at which workers are automatically enrolled (the earnings trigger) is subject to an annual statutory review. The review includes analysis of the equalities impact and an assessment of reducing the trigger to the National Insurance threshold.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2014/15, the annual reviews have concluded that the earnings trigger be frozen at £10,000. People earning below the trigger have a right to opt in, and if they are earning above the lower earnings limit (£6,240 in 2020-21) they will receive an employer contribution.</p><p> </p><p>Automatic enrolment has hugely increased women’s pension participation, participation across all ethnic groups, and among lower earners. Among eligible women in the private sector, participation has increased from 40% in 2012 to 86% in 2019, equal to men. Among eligible employees in the private sector earning between £10,000 and £20,000, 19% were participating into a workplace pension in 2012. As of 2019, this rate had increased to 79%, a 60 percentage point increase.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 62301 62303 question first answered 25/06/2020 16:43:25 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle