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Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Home Office

Apr. 29 2024

Source Page: Rwanda: country policy and information notes
Document: (PDF)

Found: Human Rights Council (UNHRC)’s Stakeholders’ Submissions report, published in November 2020, with contributions


Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Home Office

Apr. 29 2024

Source Page: Rwanda: country policy and information notes
Document: (PDF)

Found: : apply for job, reg for health insurance, telephone card, bank, marri age, insurance, college, business


Written Question
State Retirement Pensions: National Insurance Contributions
Monday 29th April 2024

Asked by: Tom Hunt (Conservative - Ipswich)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the rules on the level of National Insurance contributions that are required to receive the full State Pension on people who contracted out.

Answered by Paul Maynard - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)

In January 2016, the Department published an impact assessment titled “Impact of New State Pension (nSP) on an Individual’s Pension Entitlement – Longer Term Effects of nSP”. This included an assessment of the impact that contracting out could have on an individual’s ability to achieve the full rate of the new State Pension.


Written Question
National Insurance Contributions: Self-employed
Monday 29th April 2024

Asked by: Selaine Saxby (Conservative - North Devon)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people paid class 4 National Insurance contributions in the most recent year for which figures are available.

Answered by Nigel Huddleston - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)

The number of people who paid Class 4 National Insurance Contributions is approximately 2.69 million in 2021 to 2022. The estimate accounts for the whole of the UK and is based on the 2021 to 2022 Survey of Personal Incomes (SPI), which is the latest outturn year available.


Written Question
National Insurance Contributions: Self-employed
Monday 29th April 2024

Asked by: Selaine Saxby (Conservative - North Devon)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the total value of receipts from Class 4 National Insurance contributions in the most recent year for which figures are available.

Answered by Nigel Huddleston - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)

The breakdown of National Insurance contributions (NICs) by class for Great Britain and Northern Ireland is provided by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in “National Insurance Fund (NIF) Accounts”, available here (in the Notes to the Account):

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-insurance-fund-accounts

The figures for tax year 2023 to 2024 will be published later this year. Note that the breakdown in the NIF accounts does not include the NHS allocation, paid over by HMRC to the NHS, though information on this allocation is included in the NIF Accounts.

Information on NICs can also be found in the “HMRC tax receipts and National Insurance contributions for the UK” statistical bulletin, available here:

HMRC tax receipts and National Insurance contributions for the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

These include figures for NICs received through Self Assessment (including both Class 2 and Class 4). Receipts for 2023-24 are now available, but are provisional and will be updated later this year.


Non-Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Government Actuary's Department

Apr. 26 2024

Source Page: 2020 Valuation - Civil Service Pension Scheme
Document: (PDF)

Found: At present, benefits paid from the scheme exceed contributions received from employees and employers.


Non-Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Government Actuary's Department

Apr. 26 2024

Source Page: 2020 Valuation - Police Pension Schemes (Scotland)
Document: (PDF)

Found: At present, benefits paid from the scheme exceed contributions received from employees and employer.


Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Apr. 26 2024

Source Page: English Freeports Subsidy Scheme
Document: English Freeports Subsidy Scheme (webpage)

Found: The Scheme encompasses 6 different support measures:  Zero rate of secondary National Insurance contributions


Select Committee
Eighteenth Report - 2 Statutory Instruments Reported

Report Apr. 26 2024

Committee: Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)

Found: Labour ) House of Commons Jessica Morden MP (Labour, Newport East ) (Chair) Peter Grant MP (Scottish National


Select Committee
Deaf and Disabled Members Committee and Social Security and Tax Advice Team, Equity Trade Union
DYE0028 - Disability employment

Written Evidence Apr. 26 2024

Inquiry: Disability employment
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Work and Pensions Committee (Department: Department for Work and Pensions)

Found: However, there are significant issues in relation to social security and tax/national insurance,