Health and Social Care Levy

(asked on 15th September 2021) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the number of people who were ineligible for Government covid-19 support and who will be subject to the Health and Social Care Levy.


Answered by
Lucy Frazer Portrait
Lucy Frazer
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
This question was answered on 23rd September 2021

Throughout the pandemic, the Government has sought to protect people’s jobs and livelihoods while also supporting businesses and public services across the UK.

To do this the Government has put in place an economic package of support totalling over £350 billion, including through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme, and a wide range of other support, such as loan schemes, business grants, business rates relief, VAT relief, mortgage holidays, and increased welfare support.

The Health and Social Care Levy Bill recently passed through the Commons. The Bill introduces a new, UK-wide 1.25 per cent ringfenced Health and Social Care Levy based on National Insurance Contributions (NICs) and paid by employers, employees and the self-employed. The Levy will be introduced from April 2022.

This Levy together with the equivalent increase in dividend tax rates will make available an additional £12 billion a year for the NHS and social care.

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