Question follow-through · 34100
Employers' Contributions: Nurseries and Pre-school Education
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether pre-schools can receive the same (a) National Insurance and (b) Employment Allowance benefits as nurseries.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 26 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 4 Mar 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
26 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether pre-schools can receive the same (a) National Insurance and (b) Employment Allowance benefits as nurseries.
4 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Mar 2025
Answer published
Most businesses and all charities can claim the EA (subject to the connected persons rules); where an organisation is conducting work of a public nature, they need to consider HMRC’s guidance in more detail. This is dependent on individual circumstances i...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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