Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to increase the Lower Earning Limit in line with the primary national insurance contribution threshold.
The Primary Threshold will increase above inflation from £166 to £183 per week. This does not affect State Pension entitlement.
The Government has announced that the Lower Earnings Limit, the point at which employees start to build State Pension entitlement, will be increased in line with inflation from £118 to £120 per week from April 2020.