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>"}
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], "questionText" : "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.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4397", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Peter Dowd"}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Peter Dowd"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/758059/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "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>"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/758060", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "HM Treasury"}
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<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "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.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Liz Saville Roberts"}
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<\/p>"}
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, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4521", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts"}
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<\/p>"}
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HM Treasury does not keep this information in the form requested. However, based on HM Revenue and Customs\u2019 \u2018Direct Effects of Illustrative Tax Changes\u2019, a published document, the approximate costs to the Exchequer in 2017-18 would be:<\/p>
<\/p>
Increasing the primary NICs threshold to £11,500 would cost approximately £15bn a year;<\/p><\/li>
Increasing the secondary NICs threshold to £11,500 would cost approximately £16bn a year; and<\/p><\/li>
Increasing the Lower Profits Limit for Class 4 NICs to £11,500 would cost approximately £1bn a year.<\/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>
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>"}
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], "questionText" : "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.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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The proportion of National Insurance contributions (NICs) allocated to the National Health Service (NHS) is set down in legislation in the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (sections 161-162) and the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992.<\/p>
<\/p>
Total National Insurance contributions have been reported annually on an accruals accounting basis since 2004-05, before that on a cash basis, in the Inland Revenue and then the HM Revenue and Customs Annual Report and Accounts which are laid before Parliament. Accounts for the last twenty years are available from the House of Commons Library and are also available online from 2012-13 at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmrcs-annual-report-and-accounts<\/a>.<\/p> <\/p>
The amounts of NICs paid out in state pensions and paid over to the NHS are reported annually on a cash basis in the National Insurance Fund Accounts which are laid before Parliament. Accounts for the last twenty years are available from the House of Commons Library and are also available online from 2007-8 at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-insurance-fund-accounts<\/a><\/p>"}
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, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4573", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan"}
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