Question follow-through · 39694
Fire and Rescue Services: Employers' Contributions
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the proposed increase to employer National Insurance contributions on fire and rescue services; and whether her Department has plans to provide additiona
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 19 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 26 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
19 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the proposed increase to employer National Insurance contributions on fire and rescue services; and whether her Department has plans to provide additiona
24 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 Mar 2025
Answer published
To repair the public finances and help raise the revenue required to increase funding for public services, the government has taken the difficult decision to increase employer National Insurance. The rate of employer NICs will increase from 13.8% to 15% a...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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