Question follow-through · 31956

Employers' Contributions: Public Sector

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what methodology her Department used to calculate the allowance for public sector bodies for changes to employer National Insurance contributions.

answeredTreasury

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
21 Feb 2025
Target answer date
25 Feb 2025
Answer
3 Mar 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 21 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what methodology her Department used to calculate the allowance for public sector bodies for changes to employer National Insurance contributions.

  2. 25 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 3 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    The Government will provide support for departments and other public sector employers for additional Employer National Insurance Contributions costs.The amount of public sector support was based on an estimate of the proportion of employer NICs receipts p...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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