Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the ruling of the Employment Tribunal on Aslam and others vs Uber of 28 October 2016, case number 2202550/2015, relating to the employment classification of Uber drivers, if he will estimate the effect on national insurance tax receipts of the misclassification of workers in the gig economy.

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) created the Employment Status and Intermediaries Team to focus on employment status and employment intermediary risks. HMRC’s risk-based approach to compliance, the outcome of Employment Tribunal cases, third-party data and other data will help inform the Government’s assessment of the number of people whose employment status has been incorrectly classified. The Government has not currently made an assessment of the effect on National Insurance receipts of the misclassification of workers in the gig economy.