Question follow-through · 13234
Employers' Contributions: Public Sector
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost of employer National Insurance Contributions was for (a) central Government, (b) local government and (c) the whole of government in each of the last five financial years; what estimate she has made of
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 8 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 13 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 13 Nov 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost of employer National Insurance Contributions was for (a) central Government, (b) local government and (c) the whole of government in each of the last five financial years; what estimate she has made of
13 Nov 2024
Target answer date
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13 Nov 2024
Answer published
The Treasury does not collect spending information on this basis. However, as set out in the Autumn Budget, the government has set aside funding to support the public sector with employer National Insurance Contributions. The amounts are £4.7bn in 2025-26...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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