Question follow-through · 48835

Nurseries: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of national insurance increases on privately run children's day nurseries.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
28 Apr 2025
Target answer date
30 Apr 2025
Answer
6 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of national insurance increases on privately run children's day nurseries.

  2. 30 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 6 May 2025

    Answer published

    It is the department’s ambition that all families have access to high-quality, affordable and flexible early education and care, giving every child the best start in life. This is key to the government’s Plan for Change, which starts with reaching the mil...

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