Question follow-through · 14324

Childcare: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the impact of increasing employers National Insurance contributions on childcare costs for working parents.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
14 Nov 2024
Target answer date
20 Nov 2024
Answer
20 Nov 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 14 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the impact of increasing employers National Insurance contributions on childcare costs for working parents.

  2. 20 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 20 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    I refer the right hon. Member for Sevenoaks to the answer of 11 November 2024 to Question 12804.

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