Asked by: Paul Bristow (Conservative - Peterborough)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answers of 9 July 2021 to Question 25963 and 14 September 2021 to Question 44455 on NHS England and NHS Improvement, whether the Chief Secretary to the Treasury received a detailed organisation breakdown from NHSEI, including the grade number, cost and relevant job descriptions broken down by team in each directorate; and whether the Chief People Officer and other relevant senior officials in NHSEI agreed to meet him to discuss spending taxpayers’ money responsibly.
Answered by Simon Clarke
I am hoping to receive the information requested from NHSEI regarding the breakdown of their organisation very shortly. I am also seeking to arrange a meeting on this subject in the coming weeks.
Asked by: Paul Bristow (Conservative - Peterborough)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2021 to Question 25963 on NHS England and NHS Improvement, whether the Chief Secretary to the Treasury has received the information he sought from NHSEI; and whether a meeting has been arranged with the Chief People Officer or other relevant senior officials in NHSEI.
Answered by Steve Barclay
The Chief Secretary to the Treasury is committed to spending taxpayers’ money responsibly and delivering value for money for them. To support his work, he has requested that NHSEI, like other ALBs, share a detailed organisation breakdown, including the grade number, cost and relevant job descriptions broken down by team in each directorate. He has asked for a meeting with the Chief People Officer and other relevant Senior Officials in NHSEI to discuss this and hopes that one can be agreed as soon as possible.
Asked by: Paul Bristow (Conservative - Peterborough)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions the Chief Secretary to the Treasury has had with the NHS Chief People Officer on value-for-money in (a) the administration of Our NHS People and (b) human resources, organisational development and workforce teams under NHS England and NHS Improvement.
Answered by Steve Barclay
The Chief Secretary to the Treasury is committed to spending taxpayers’ money responsibly and delivering value for money for them. To support his work, he has requested that NHSEI, like other ALBs, share a detailed organisation breakdown, including the grade number, cost and relevant job descriptions broken down by team in each directorate. He has asked for a meeting with the Chief People Officer and other relevant Senior Officials in NHSEI to discuss this and hopes that one can be agreed as soon as possible.
Asked by: Paul Bristow (Conservative - Peterborough)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) implications for revenue and (b) potential merits of extending employee national insurance contributions to people over the age of 65.
Answered by Jesse Norman - Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
The “Estimated costs of principal tax reliefs” publication sets out that the estimated cost of the exemption of those over State Pension age (SPa) from paying National Insurance contributions (NICs) was about £1.1bn in 2019-20. However, this does not take account of any behavioural changes as a result of the relief and, in practice, if it were withdrawn, taxpayers’ behaviour could alter so that the actual yield would be very different from, and often smaller than, that shown in the tables:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/main-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs.
As with all taxes,the Treasury keeps National Insurance Contributions under review.