Found: Businesses may also benefit financially by contracting freelancers because they do not need to pay employer national

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps she is taking to ensure that rural households that rely on sustainable solid fuels will not experience increases in household bills.

Answered by Amanda Solloway - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury

Alternative fuel prices have fallen since winter 2022-23 and while there is no price cap for alternative fuels, households who use solid fuel for heating are still protected by the price cap for their electricity tariff.

The Government is currently providing a package of support worth £108 billion, or £3,800 per household on average between 2022 – 2025, which is one of the largest support packages in Europe. The Government is continuing to support households past April 2024, cutting National Insurance contributions, worth £900 to the average worker, increasing benefits by 6.7%, and increasing the National Living Wage.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2024 to Question 17582 on National Insurance Contributions: State Retirement Pensions, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of abolishing, rather than reducing, national insurance contributions on state pension entitlements.

Answered by Nigel Huddleston - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)

Cutting NICs rates does not affect anyone’s entitlement to the State Pension or contributory benefits.

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask His Majesty's Government what support they intend to provide to households to adapt to changes in energy prices.

Answered by Lord Callanan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

Energy prices have fallen significantly since winter 2022-23, and the Quarter 2 2024 price cap of £1,690 has fallen by nearly 60% since the Quarter 1 2023 price cap peak. Despite this, the Government has committed to supporting households in 2024-25, with a further cut to National Insurance contributions down to 8%, an increase to benefits of 6.7%, and the largest increase to the National Living Wage.

The Warm Home Discount continues to provide a £150 rebate off energy bills for eligible low-income households until 2025-26.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks of Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 18 March (HL Deb col 82), what is their assessment of the implications for calculating entitlement to contributory working age benefits and pensions of abolishing national insurance contributions.

Answered by Baroness Vere of Norbiton - Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)

Cutting NICs does not affect anyone’s entitlement to the State Pension or contributory benefits.

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Found: Insurance contributions or franchise payments to the parent company.

Found: staff costs;Overtime Payroll staff costs;Employer pension contributions Payroll staff costs;Employer national

Found: staff costs;Overtime Payroll staff costs;Employer pension contributions Payroll staff costs;Employer national

Found: staff costs;Overtime Payroll staff costs;Employer pension contributions Payroll staff costs;Employer national

Found: Salary Allowances Non-consolidated performance payments Overtime Employer pension contributions Employer national

Found: Salary Allowances Non-consolidated performance payments Overtime Employer pension contributions Employer national

Found: Alongside this, the Government is making work pay for workers and the economy: rewarding work by slashing National

Found: TRIBUNAL (Tax and Chancery Chamber ) Rolls Building, Fetter Lane, London, EC4A 1NL INCOME TAX – NATIONAL

Found: Chamber ) Hearing Venue: The Rolls Building, Fetter Lane, London EC4A 1NL Income Tax, PAYE, National

Found: Insurance contributions or franchise payments to the parent company.

Found: National Insurance contributions (NICs) changes from Autumn Statement 2023 and Spring Budget 2024

Found: have a legal obligation to pay the state pension to people in an independent Scotland on the basis of National