HC Deb 10 July 2000 vol 353 c443W
Mr. Heathcoat-Amory

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer of 13 June 2000,Official Report, column 574W, on Public Sector Workers (Home Loans), whether a teacher employed in (a) a county school and (b) an independent school granted a preferential loan for housing by (i) the Department for Education and Employment, (ii) the Exchequer and (iii) the Department for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, would be liable for tax and national insurance contributions on that loan. [129713]

Dawn Primarolo

[holding answer 7 July 2000]: On the basis that the teacher would not be an employee of a Government Department and the loan was neither guaranteed nor facilitated by the teacher's employer, the teacher would not be liable to income tax or national insurance contributions on the loan.

Mr. Heathcoat-Amory

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer of 13 June 2000,Official Report, column 574W, on Public Sector Workers (Home Loans), whether a nurse (a) in the NHS and (b) employed in a private sector hospital granted a preferential loan for housing by (i) the Department of Health, (ii) the Exchequer and (iii) the Department for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, would be liable for tax and national insurance contributions on that loan. [129714]

Dawn Primarolo

[holding answer 7 July 2000]: On the basis that the nurse would not be an employee of a Government Department and the loan was neither guaranteed nor facilitated by the nurse's employer, the nurse would not be liable to income tax or national insurance contributions on the loan.

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