Question follow-through · 50059

National Insurance Contributions: India

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people who will be exempt from National Insurance contributions under the UK-India trade agreement.

answeredTreasury

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
6 May 2025
Target answer date
8 May 2025
Answer
13 May 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 6 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people who will be exempt from National Insurance contributions under the UK-India trade agreement.

  2. 8 May 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 13 May 2025

    Answer published

    The OBR will certify the impact of the trade deal including the Double Contributions Convention in the usual way at a fiscal event, once the deal is finalised and ratified. The agreement to negotiate a Double Contributions Convention was made in the conte...

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