Question follow-through · 21482

National Insurance Contributions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people paid Class (a) 2 and (b) 4 National Insurance contributions in 2023.

answeredTreasury

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
19 Dec 2024
Target answer date
7 Jan 2025
Answer
9 Jan 2025 · 21 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 19 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people paid Class (a) 2 and (b) 4 National Insurance contributions in 2023.

  2. 7 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 9 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    The number of people with Class 2 and Class 4 National Insurance Contributions (NICs) liabilities are estimated based on the 2021-22 Survey of Personal Incomes, projected using economic assumptions consistent with the Office for Budget Responsibility’s Ma...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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