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Written questions by Davies.

Every parliamentary written question tabled by Mims Davies this session, with the full answer and department. Back to the MP page.

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27 Nov 2025·Treasury·Answered
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What assessment she has made of the potential impact of freezing personal tax thresholds on people in East Grinstead and Uckfield constituency in full-time work.

Reply

The government has published a Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN) setting out the impact of maintaining income Tax and equivalent National Insurance contributions thresholds.

27 Nov 2025·Treasury·Answered
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What assessment she has made of the potential impact of taxing pension contributions above £2,000 on people in East Grinstead and Uckfield constituency in part-time work.

Reply

The existing income tax relief regime for pensions is unaffected by this change, whilst employer contributions can continue to be made free of National Insurance Contributions (NICs). Salary and bonus sacrifice is an additional NICs relief that is only available to some employees. Those whose employer does not offer it, the self-employed and those with earnings near the National Living Wage cannot benefit. Individuals earning below £30,000 making pension contributions through salary sacrifice are overwhelmingly protected by a £2,000 cap, with few (c. 5%) making salary sacrifice contributions above this threshold. A Tax Information and Impact Note will be published in due course alongside the legislation when it is introduced to Parliament.

27 Nov 2025·Treasury·Answered
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What assessment she has made of the potential impact of freezing personal tax thresholds on people in the East Grinstead and Uckfield constituency who are in part-time work.

Reply

The government has published a Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN) setting out the impact of maintaining income Tax and equivalent National Insurance contributions thresholds.

27 Nov 2025·Treasury·Answered
Asked

What assessment she has made of the potential impact of freezing personal tax thresholds on people in Sussex in full-time work.

Reply

The government has published a Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN) setting out the impact of maintaining income Tax and equivalent National Insurance contributions thresholds.

27 Nov 2025·Treasury·Answered
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What assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed cap on cash ISA contributions for under-65s on in Sussex.

Reply

This policy will affect those aged under 65 from April 2027, when the annual Cash ISA limit will be set at £12,000. It will not affect existing cash ISA savings. A policy costing note for the package of measures introduced to support savers has been published alongside the Budget, including the changes to the ISA regime. Following a technical consultation, new ISA regulations will be laid, and a Tax Impact and Information Note will be published.The analysis used to produce the policy costing note is performed in aggregate and a breakdown by county or constituency is not available. However, HMRC regularly publish statistics on ISA subscriptions by region. Table 9.9 of HMRC’s annual savings statistics 2025 includes data for the South East.

27 Nov 2025·Treasury·Answered
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What assessment she has made of the potential impact of taxing pension contributions above £2,000 on people in Sussex in full-time work.

Reply

The existing income tax relief regime for pensions is unaffected by this change, whilst employer contributions can continue to be made free of National Insurance Contributions (NICs). Salary and bonus sacrifice is an additional NICs relief that is only available to some employees. Those whose employer does not offer it, the self-employed and those with earnings near the National Living Wage cannot benefit. Individuals earning below £30,000 making pension contributions through salary sacrifice are overwhelmingly protected by a £2,000 cap, with few (c. 5%) making salary sacrifice contributions above this threshold. A Tax Information and Impact Note will be published in due course alongside the legislation when it is introduced to Parliament.

27 Nov 2025·Treasury·Answered
Asked

What assessment she has made of the potential impact of taxing pension contributions above £2,000 on people in Sussex in part-time work.

Reply

The existing income tax relief regime for pensions is unaffected by this change, whilst employer contributions can continue to be made free of National Insurance Contributions (NICs). Salary and bonus sacrifice is an additional NICs relief that is only available to some employees. Those whose employer does not offer it, the self-employed and those with earnings near the National Living Wage cannot benefit. Individuals earning below £30,000 making pension contributions through salary sacrifice are overwhelmingly protected by a £2,000 cap, with few (c. 5%) making salary sacrifice contributions above this threshold. A Tax Information and Impact Note will be published in due course alongside the legislation when it is introduced to Parliament.

27 Nov 2025·Treasury·Answered
Asked

What assessment she has made of the potential impact of taxing pension contributions above £2,000 on people in the East Grinstead and Uckfield Constituency in full-time work.

Reply

The existing income tax relief regime for pensions is unaffected by this change, whilst employer contributions can continue to be made free of National Insurance Contributions (NICs). Salary and bonus sacrifice is an additional NICs relief that is only available to some employees. Those whose employer does not offer it, the self-employed and those with earnings near the National Living Wage cannot benefit. Individuals earning below £30,000 making pension contributions through salary sacrifice are overwhelmingly protected by a £2,000 cap, with few (c. 5%) making salary sacrifice contributions above this threshold. A Tax Information and Impact Note will be published in due course alongside the legislation when it is introduced to Parliament.

27 Nov 2025·Treasury·Answered
Asked

What assessment she has made of the potential impact of freezing personal tax thresholds on people in Sussex in part-time work.

Reply

The government has published a Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN) setting out the impact of maintaining income Tax and equivalent National Insurance contributions thresholds.

27 Nov 2025·Treasury·Answered
Asked

What assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed cap on cash ISA contributions for under-65s on in East Grinstead and Uckfield Constituency.

Reply

This policy will affect those aged under 65 from April 2027, when the annual Cash ISA limit will be set at £12,000. It will not affect existing cash ISA savings. A policy costing note for the package of measures introduced to support savers has been published alongside the Budget, including the changes to the ISA regime. Following a technical consultation, new ISA regulations will be laid, and a Tax Impact and Information Note will be published.The analysis used to produce the policy costing note is performed in aggregate and a breakdown by county or constituency is not available. However, HMRC regularly publish statistics on ISA subscriptions by region. Table 9.9 of HMRC’s annual savings statistics 2025 includes data for the South East.

27 Nov 2025·Treasury·Answered
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What assessment she has made of the potential impact of freezing employer National Insurance contribution thresholds on people in East Grinstead and Uckfield constituency in full-time work.

Reply

The government is making fair choices on tax so it can deliver on the public’s priorities, including maintaining the Secondary Threshold until April 2031. In April 2025, the government more than doubled the Employment Allowance from £5,000 to £10,500.The OBR expect that employment levels will rise in every year of the forecast, and that they will be higher in every year compared to March, reaching 35.5m in 2030-31.

27 Nov 2025·Treasury·Answered
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What assessment she has made of the potential impact of freezing employer National Insurance contribution thresholds on people in Sussex in full-time work.

Reply

The government is making fair choices on tax so it can deliver on the public’s priorities, including maintaining the Secondary Threshold until April 2031. In April 2025, the government more than doubled the Employment Allowance from £5,000 to £10,500.The OBR expect that employment levels will rise in every year of the forecast, and that they will be higher in every year compared to March, reaching 35.5m in 2030-31.

27 Nov 2025·Treasury·Answered
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What assessment she has made of the potential impact of reducing the writing-down allowance main rate in corporation tax on businesses in East Grinstead and Uckfield Constituency.

Reply

Since the introduction of full expensing, most businesses now claim first-year allowances, such as full expensing and the Annual Investment Allowance (AIA), to claim relief on their investments, with 99% of businesses investing under the AIA’s £1 million threshold. The government has maintained these key reliefs, as well as the low Corporation Tax main rate of 25%. At Budget, the government announced that it is decreasing the main rate of writing-down allowance by 4ppt to 14% from April 2026. This change allows us to fully fund a new 40% first-year allowance (FYA) while also raising revenue to protect the public finances. This new FYA will allow businesses to deduct much of the cost of their investment in the year they make that investment and lower their tax bill. It will be available for assets bought for leasing and for unincorporated businesses, which do not benefit from full expensing, and broadly preserves the current incentives to invest. For future investment, the present value and cost of capital for businesses that claim the new first-year allowance remains broadly the same. The expected impacts of this measure, included the equalities impacts, are set out on gov.uk. There are no disproportionate impacts expected on women-led businesses or other protected groups as a result of this measure:Capital allowances: new first-year allowance and reducing main rate writing-down allowances - GOV.UK

27 Nov 2025·Treasury·Answered
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What assessment she has made of the potential impact of reducing the writing-down allowance main rate in corporation tax on businesses in Sussex.

Reply

Since the introduction of full expensing, most businesses now claim first-year allowances, such as full expensing and the Annual Investment Allowance (AIA), to claim relief on their investments, with 99% of businesses investing under the AIA’s £1 million threshold. The government has maintained these key reliefs, as well as the low Corporation Tax main rate of 25%. At Budget, the government announced that it is decreasing the main rate of writing-down allowance by 4ppt to 14% from April 2026. This change allows us to fully fund a new 40% first-year allowance (FYA) while also raising revenue to protect the public finances. This new FYA will allow businesses to deduct much of the cost of their investment in the year they make that investment and lower their tax bill. It will be available for assets bought for leasing and for unincorporated businesses, which do not benefit from full expensing, and broadly preserves the current incentives to invest. For future investment, the present value and cost of capital for businesses that claim the new first-year allowance remains broadly the same. The expected impacts of this measure, included the equalities impacts, are set out on gov.uk. There are no disproportionate impacts expected on women-led businesses or other protected groups as a result of this measure:Capital allowances: new first-year allowance and reducing main rate writing-down allowances - GOV.UK

27 Nov 2025·Treasury·Answered
Asked

What assessment she has made of the potential impact of freezing employer National Insurance contribution thresholds on people in Sussex in part-time work.

Reply

The government is making fair choices on tax so it can deliver on the public’s priorities, including maintaining the Secondary Threshold until April 2031. In April 2025, the government more than doubled the Employment Allowance from £5,000 to £10,500.The OBR expect that employment levels will rise in every year of the forecast, and that they will be higher in every year compared to March, reaching 35.5m in 2030-31.

27 Nov 2025·Treasury·Answered
Asked

What assessment she has made of the potential impact of freezing employer National Insurance contribution thresholds on people in East Grinstead and Uckfield constituency in part-time work.

Reply

The government is making fair choices on tax so it can deliver on the public’s priorities, including maintaining the Secondary Threshold until April 2031. In April 2025, the government more than doubled the Employment Allowance from £5,000 to £10,500.The OBR expect that employment levels will rise in every year of the forecast, and that they will be higher in every year compared to March, reaching 35.5m in 2030-31.

26 Nov 2025·Treasury·Answered
Asked

What assessment she has made of the potential impact of freezing personal tax thresholds on disabled people in full-time work.

Reply

The government has published a Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN) setting out the impact of maintaining income Tax and equivalent National Insurance contributions thresholds.

26 Nov 2025·Treasury·Answered
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What assessment she has made of the potential impact of freezing personal tax thresholds on women in full-time work.

Reply

The government has published a Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN) setting out the impact of maintaining income Tax and equivalent National Insurance contributions thresholds.

26 Nov 2025·Treasury·Answered
Asked

What assessment she has made of the potential impact of freezing personal tax thresholds on women in part-time work.

Reply

The government has published a Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN) setting out the impact of maintaining income Tax and equivalent National Insurance contributions thresholds.

26 Nov 2025·Treasury·Answered
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What assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed cap on cash ISA contributions for under-65s on women.

Reply

This policy will affect those aged under 65 from April 2027, but the overall ISA limit will remain at £20,000 for all savers when the annual Cash ISA limit is set at £12,000. It will not affect existing cash ISA savings. A policy costing note for the package of measures introduced to support savers has been published alongside the Budget, including the changes to the ISA regime. Following a technical consultation, new ISA regulations will be laid, and a Tax Impact and Information Note will be published. In addition, HMRC regularly publishes statistics on ISA use online. The average Cash ISA subscription in 2022/23 was £5,296. Based on available data on current ISA subscriptions from ISA managers, we expect that women make up around 52% of those likely affected by changes to the Cash ISA limit. Women account for 56% of all cash ISA subscribers as of 2022-23. Information on disability is not collected as part of savings statistics.

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