Question follow-through · 31176
Care Homes: Employers' Contributions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an exemption from the increase in employer's National Insurance contributions for care homes in which more than half of residen
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 12 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 5 Mar 2025 · 21 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
12 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an exemption from the increase in employer's National Insurance contributions for care homes in which more than half of residen
24 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Mar 2025
Answer published
The Government will provide support for departments and other public sector employers for additional employer National Insurance costs only. This does not include support for the private sector, including private sector firms contracted by central or loca...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse
10 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to review the Department’s approach to tackling alcohol harm; and whether he will consider introducing an alcohol strategy in this Parliament.
Hysteroscopy: Pain
30 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps with NHS England to publish guidance on (a) safe and (b) effective pain relief for outpatient hysteroscopy procedures.
Diagnosis
11 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy that patients receive written information before hysteroscopy and biopsy procedures.
Phlebotomy: Staff
16 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will review NHS grading bands for phlebotomists.
Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome: Diagnosis
19 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his department is doing to improve access to diagnosis of Polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome.