Question follow-through · 40126
Pre-school Education: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the (a) changes to employer National Insurance contributions, (b) increase in the National Minimum Wage, (c) removal of the ability to c
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 20 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 7 Apr 2025 · 18 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the (a) changes to employer National Insurance contributions, (b) increase in the National Minimum Wage, (c) removal of the ability to c
24 Mar 2025
Target answer date
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7 Apr 2025
Answer published
This government believes giving children the best start in life is the foundation of the mission to break down barriers to opportunity. We have set a milestone of a record proportion of children starting school ready to learn in the classroom. We will mea...
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