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Nick Smith
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(12 years, 10 months ago)
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Mr Duncan Smith
That is a very good idea and I am certainly ready to discuss it with my hon. Friend. If we can make something work, it would be brilliant.
Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent) (Lab)
The information technology necessary for university credit will depend on the Revenue’s new PAYE real time system. Is the Minister confident that every employer will be using the system successfully by next October?
Mr Duncan Smith
We are working towards that, and so far it has been a success. Small companies of nine employees or fewer will have access to free software upgrades, so those that do not have a software payroll system will not incur any great charge. We are running trials that will start in April and that will join with the DWP in October. We are on target and we will continue to work towards that date. That is our expectation and ambition.