Question follow-through · 53106
Public Houses: Employers' Contributions
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the increase in employer National Insurance contributions on pubs.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 19 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 21 May 2025
- Answer
- 28 May 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
19 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the increase in employer National Insurance contributions on pubs.
21 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 May 2025
Answer published
A Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN) was published alongside the introduction of the Bill containing the changes to employer NICs. The TIIN sets out the impact of the policy on the exchequer, the economic impacts of the policy, and the impacts on indi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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