Question follow-through · 37421
Pre-school Education: Employers' Contributions
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to support early years providers with increases in employer National Insurance contributions.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 11 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 14 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 28 Mar 2025 · 17 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
11 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to support early years providers with increases in employer National Insurance contributions.
14 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Mar 2025
Answer published
This government has had to take some tough decisions to get public finances back on track, but we are continuing to invest in the early years sector, supporting the delivery of expanded childcare entitlements and recognising the vital role the sector play...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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