PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Personal Savings (2 July 2019)

Question Asked

What steps he is taking to increase incentives for people to save.

Asked by:
Sir Desmond Swayne (Conservative)

Answer

The Government has introduced a range of measures to support savers.

We have increased the amount of money that people can save into their ISAs each year to a record £20,000 and introduced a Personal Savings Allowance of up to £1,000 for basic rate taxpayers and up to £500 for higher rate taxpayers.

Thanks to these measures, over 95% of people with savings income pay no tax on that income.

The new Help to Save scheme is supporting working families on low incomes to build up a rainy-day fund by offering a 50% bonus on up to £50 of monthly saving.


Answered by:
John Glen (Conservative)
2 July 2019

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