Question follow-through · 40784

Small Businesses: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to provide support to small businesses to offset increases to employer National Insurance contributions.

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
24 Mar 2025
Target answer date
28 Mar 2025
Answer
28 Mar 2025 · 4 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 24 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to provide support to small businesses to offset increases to employer National Insurance contributions.

  2. 28 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 28 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    The Government has taken difficult but necessary decisions to deliver long-term growth. Fixing the public finances is critical to creating long-term stability in which businesses can invest and thrive. The Government decided to protect the smallest busine...

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