Question follow-through · 14956

Pre-school Education: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed increase in the rate of employers' National Insurance contributions on (a) nurseries and (b) pre-schools.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
19 Nov 2024
Target answer date
21 Nov 2024
Answer
27 Nov 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 19 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed increase in the rate of employers' National Insurance contributions on (a) nurseries and (b) pre-schools.

  2. 21 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 27 Nov 2024

    Answer published

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

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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