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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/101798/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>A statistical release covering take-up of the Employment Allowance, including regional and constituency data, is already scheduled for publication on the 7<sup>th<\/sup> November.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>The release will cover take-up for the first six months of 2014-15. The scheme as a whole has enjoyed good take-up so far. A press release from July 2014 announced that by the end of June around 725,000 businesses and charities; including around 72,000 in the East of England, around 616,000 in England, and around 30,000 in Wales had benefitted from the allowance.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>This demonstrates the Government\u2019s commitment to reducing the costs of employment for small businesses across the UK.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses have (a) claimed and (b) been successfully awarded employment allowance in (i) Bury St Edmunds, (ii) Suffolk, (iii) the East of England and (iv) England and Wales.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much (a) Class 2 and (b) Class 4 National Insurance his Department collected from individuals earning less than the threshold for income tax during the 2012-13 tax year.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3910", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Guto Bebb"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue in the form of Class 1 National Insurance contributions was collected from people earning less than the threshold for income tax in the 2012-13 tax year.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100107/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>This Government is committed to a competitive tax regime and has introduced a range of measures to reduce the burden of National Insurance Contributions (NICs), as part of our long term economic plan to back business and create jobs.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>The Employment Allowance, introduced in April this year, means that around 450,000 employers\u2013 one third of all employers \u2013 are expected to be taken out of paying employer NICs altogether in 2014-15 and from April 2015, employer NICs for under 21 year olds will be abolished, helping to support jobs for almost 1.5 million young people currently in employment.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1529", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr David Gauke"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps he has taken to simplify the rates of employees' National Insurance contributions.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1586", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Adam Afriyie"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/65840/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<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>"}
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