PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
National Insurance Contributions: Self-employed (9 March 2017)

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect on (a) self-employed people in Scotland, (b) Scotland's economy and (c) the UK's economy of the measures announced in Spring Budget 2017 to increase Class 4 national insurance contributions to 10 per cent from April 2018 and 11 per cent from April 2019.

Asked by:
Ian Murray (Labour)

Following the Chancellor’s oral statement in the House of Commons on 15 March, the Government will no longer be proceeding with the changes announced at Spring Budget 2017 to increase Class 4 National Insurance contributions (NICs) in April 2018 and April 2019. The abolition of Class 2 NICs will continue as announced in April 2018 meaning 3.6 million people will gain on average £135 per year. No self-employed person will have to pay more NICs as a result of these changes.

Answered by:
Jane Ellison (Conservative)
20 March 2017