See if this helps
WITH Data AS (
SELECT 'Your user id' AS UserName,
'Your password' AS Password,
'25/01/2017' AS TransDate,
'09:00:00' AS TransTime,
'test1234' AS TransRef,
'N' AS DocsReqdInd
)
SELECT UserName AS 'Header_UserName/@Val',
Password AS 'Header_Password/@Val',
TransDate AS 'Header_TransDate/@Val',
TransTime AS 'Header_TransTime/@Val',
TransRef AS 'Header_TransRef/@Val',
DocsReqdInd AS 'Header_DocsReqdInd/@Val'
FROM Data
FOR XML PATH('Header');
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