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Employees' Contributions: Older Workers

Asked by Mr Gregory CampbellDemocratic Unionist PartyTreasuryTabled Answered 9 June 2025UIN 56737

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an estimate of the annual amount saved in National Insurance contributions by working people aged over 66.

Answered by James Murray

Estimates of the amount saved by those over State Pension age not being liable to National Insurance contributions (NICs) are published as part of HMRC’s statistics publication ‘Tax Reliefs Statistics’ within the Structural tax reliefs section under the NICs tab:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6749e4196f60e77679723aee/structural_cost_estimates_december_2024.ods

Structural tax reliefs - GOV.UK

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