Question follow-through · 13652
Employers' Contributions: Small Businesses
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 2.40 of the Autumn Budget 2024, published on 30 October, whether she has made an assessment of the long-term impact of national insurance increases on the ability of SMEs to invest in (a)
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 11 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 13 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 19 Nov 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 2.40 of the Autumn Budget 2024, published on 30 October, whether she has made an assessment of the long-term impact of national insurance increases on the ability of SMEs to invest in (a)
13 Nov 2024
Target answer date
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19 Nov 2024
Answer published
The Government has protected the smallest businesses from the impact of the increase to employers’ National Insurance by increasing the Employment Allowance from £5,000 to £10,500, which means that 865,000 employers will pay no employer NICs at all next y...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Spirits: Excise Duties
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Students: Loans
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Emergencies: Finance
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National Security: Finance
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Emergencies: Expenditure
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Defence: Finance
16 Jul 2026 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 16 July to question 17649, what date it was determined that the UK has met NATO's 1.5% defence and security-related spending target.