Question follow-through · 50232
National Insurance Contributions: India
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which visa categories would be eligible for an exemption from paying National Insurance contributions in the UK under the Double Contribution Convention with India.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 6 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 May 2025
- Answer
- 12 May 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Immigration and borders
- Visas: India · 7 May 2025
- Visas: India · 7 May 2025
- Asylum: Housing · 23 Oct 2025
- Asylum: Crowborough Training Camp · 12 Feb 2026
- Asylum: Crowborough Training Camp · 12 Feb 2026
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Votes on this topic
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
6 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which visa categories would be eligible for an exemption from paying National Insurance contributions in the UK under the Double Contribution Convention with India.
12 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 May 2025
Answer published
The Double Contributions Convention (DCC) is not a visa route. It will be a reciprocal international treaty between countries which ensures that detached workers are only liable to pay social security contributions in one country at a time on the same ear...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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