Question follow-through · 37471
Employers' Contributions: Unemployment
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to employer National Insurance contributions on levels of unemployment.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 11 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 18 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to employer National Insurance contributions on levels of unemployment.
13 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Mar 2025
Answer published
The Office for Budget Responsibility’s October 2024 Economic and Fiscal Outlook, which takes into account tax measures announced in the Budget, expects the unemployment rate will fall to 4.1% next year and remain low until 2029.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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