National Insurance Contributions

(asked on 24th October 2014) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue in the form of Class 1 National Insurance contributions was collected from people earning less than the threshold for income tax in the 2012-13 tax year.


Answered by
David Gauke Portrait
David Gauke
This question was answered on 3rd November 2014

Estimates of the amount of Class 2 National Insurance contributions collected from individuals earning less than the threshold for income tax are not available.

For the tax year 2012-13, £28m of Class 4 National Insurance contributions was collected from individuals with total profits below the income tax threshold of £8,105.

For the tax year 2012-13, £510m of Class 1 National Insurance contributions was collected from individuals with total employment income below the income tax threshold of £8,105.

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