Question follow-through · 37786
Construction: Employers' Contributions
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2025 to Question 28604 on Construction: Employers' Contributions, whether he has held discussions with the construction industry on the potential impact of changes
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 12 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 14 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 19 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2025 to Question 28604 on Construction: Employers' Contributions, whether he has held discussions with the construction industry on the potential impact of changes
14 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Mar 2025
Answer published
The vast majority of firms in the construction sector are small or microbusinesses, which will see no gain or change overall. The Government has protected small businesses and charities from the impact of the increase to Employer National Insurance by inc...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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