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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

1660145

registered interest
date	12/09/2023
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, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of calculating national insurance contributions using the combined income from multiple employers.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Duncan Baker
uin	199225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p>National Insurance Contributions (NICs) are assessed on a pay-period basis per each employment. Requiring the aggregation of earnings for NICs of people doing more than one job with multiple employers would be administratively complex, increasing the burden on employers.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Government keeps all taxes, including NICs, under review.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 19/09/2023 09:45:11 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4784 label Biography information for Duncan Baker

1656986

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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, if he will reduce national insurance contributions in this parliament
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	196632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2023 answer text <p>As with all aspects of the tax system, the Government keeps income tax and NICs rates under review. Any decisions on future changes will be taken by the Chancellor at fiscal events in the context of the wider public finances.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 196082 196631 question first answered 06/09/2023 16:13:56 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1610426

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
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, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending the tax system to reflect the difference in employer national insurance contributions for those who are employed compared to those who are self-employed; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of that policy on levels of (a) recruitment and (b) retention in the construction industry.
tabling member constituency	Ynys Môn
tabling member printed	Virginia Crosbie
uin	180559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <p>The Government recognises the key role that entrepreneurs play in the UK economy and will help them succeed by making the UK the best place in the world to start and grow their businesses.</p><p> </p><p>The National Insurance contributions (NICs) system was designed so that both employees and employers pay NICs, so that the burden for paying contributory benefits as well as contributing to the funding of the NHS, was spread as widely and fairly as possible. As self-employed people do not have a permanent employer, it is right that they only pay self-employed NICs.</p><p> </p><p>To support small businesses to grow fulfil their potential and support them with the costs of employment, the Government increased the Employment Allowance from £4,000 to £5,000 in April 2022 which means that businesses and charities with an employer NICs bills of £100,000 or less in the previous tax year are able to claim up to £5,000 off their employer NICs bills. In 2021-22, the construction industry was the second larger beneficiary by sector of the Employment Allowance, with 145,000 employers benefitting from the allowance.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also providing businesses with the support they need to invest and innovate, through measures like permanently setting the Annual Investment Allowance at its highest ever level of £1 million; introducing a £13.6 billion package of business rates support; and full expensing which allows business to write off the cost of investment in one go.</p><p> </p><p>The Government keeps all taxes under review.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 19/04/2023 13:50:33 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4859 label Biography information for Virginia Crosbie

1606351

registered interest
date	22/03/2023
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that there are sufficient telephone lines and call handlers available to ensure that those people wanting to top up gaps in the National Insurance contributions between tax years April 2006 and April 2016 are able to do so before the deadline of the 31 July 2023.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	171358
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <p>DWP have been proactively monitoring the increase in call demand since the 22<sup>nd</sup> of February, regularly adapting its telephony interactive voice response (IVR) approach and also updated Social Media messaging to assist our customers’ experience.</p><p> </p><p>DWP are working together with HMRC on an ongoing basis and are flexing personnel resources where possible being mindful of other DWP service lines.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 27/03/2023 16:41:21 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

1455148

registered interest
date	28/03/2022
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, if he will place in the Library (a) a list of meetings between him or officials in his Department and representatives of the payroll sector including the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals for (i) 1 January 2022 and (ii) 23 March 2022 and (b) the (A) agendas, (B) attendance notes and (C) minutes of those meetings; and whether discussions were held with representatives of the payroll sector on the timescale and method for implementing changes to National Insurance thresholds and rates.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	148153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2022 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery.</p><p> </p><p>Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fhmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel&amp;data=04%7C01%7CDavid.Bissell%40hmtreasury.gov.uk%7C17326a450e0a4de4d9b108da131ede07%7Ced1644c505e049e6bc39fcf7ac51c18c%7C0%7C0%7C637843320529224360%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=FgXQDpKbE%2FxS2RCxbBHlvOsqYl1Y2u3%2F6a1Zo%2B%2FnqTQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel</a></p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 31/03/2022 16:00:58 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

1438978

registered interest
date	08/03/2022
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 estimate his Department has made of the number of employers with an annual Class 1 National Insurance liability greater than £91,699 and less than £100,000 in the latest tax year for which data are available.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Paula Barker
uin	136693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2022 answer text For tax year 2020 to 2021, we estimate there are 4,800 employers with Class 1 National Insurance liabilities greater than £91,699 and less than £100,000. This represents around 0.5% of those who benefitted from the Employment Allowance in the 2020 to 2021 tax year. answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 17/03/2022 12:36:57 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1437713

registered interest
date	03/03/2022
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, if he will delay the planned national insurance increase due to take place in April 2022 in response to the increase in fuel costs.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	134006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2022 answer text <p>The Health and Social Care Levy will establish a long-term, sustainable source of revenue to give healthcare the extra funding needed to recover from the pandemic and to implement reform to social care as soon as possible.</p><p> </p><p>The increased spending takes immediate effect this year to deliver our ambitions to tackle the NHS electives backlog, which is why we cannot delay the introduction of the Levy. 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, as a result of the economic response to COVID-19.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has announced a package of support to help households with rising energy bills, worth £9.1 billion in 2022-23.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 14/03/2022 17:48:23 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1437898

registered interest
date	03/03/2022
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 there is a statutory basis for HMRC's policy to promote among employers the use of statements on payslips supporting the National Insurance contributions rise in April 2022.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	133937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2022 answer text <p>There is no statutory obligation on employers to include statements on payslips explaining the rise in National Insurance contributions (NICs).</p><p> </p><p>The temporary increases to rates of NICs for the tax year 2022-23 precede the introduction of the Health and Social Care levy as a new, separate tax from April 2023. The legislation which introduces the Levy requires it to be separately identified on payslips, alongside NICs and Income Tax, from April 2023 onwards.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC, as part of their role in promoting greater understanding of the tax system, have asked employers to include factual messaging on payslips in 2022-23 to highlight the temporary change in NICs rates before the new Levy begins in 2023-24, however this is not mandatory.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 10/03/2022 08:27:40 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

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