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Pharmacy: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2024 to Question 12879 on Employer national insurance contributions on pharmacies, whether an impact assessment was conducted prior to the decision to increase

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
23 Jan 2025
Target answer date
27 Jan 2025
Answer
30 Jan 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 23 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2024 to Question 12879 on Employer national insurance contributions on pharmacies, whether an impact assessment was conducted prior to the decision to increase

  2. 27 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 30 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    A Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN) was published alongside the introduction of the bill containing the changes to employer National Insurance contributions. The TIIN sets out the impact of the policy on the exchequer, the economic impacts of the pol...

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