Question follow-through · 49262
Hospitality Industry: Employers' Contributions
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a lower rate of employer National Insurance contributions for businesses in the hospitality sector which employ a high proportion of part-tim
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 29 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 1 May 2025
- Answer
- 7 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a lower rate of employer National Insurance contributions for businesses in the hospitality sector which employ a high proportion of part-tim
1 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 May 2025
Answer published
The Government has taken difficult but necessary decisions to fix the public finances and create long-term stability in which businesses can invest and grow.The Government decided to protect the smallest businesses from changes to employer National Insura...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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