Question follow-through · 56915

Social Services: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of increases in employer National Insurance contributions on (a) levels of staff costs for homecare providers and (b) the delivery of social care

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
3 Jun 2025
Target answer date
5 Jun 2025
Answer
23 Jun 2025 · 20 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 3 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of increases in employer National Insurance contributions on (a) levels of staff costs for homecare providers and (b) the delivery of social care

  2. 5 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 23 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    The Government assessed the impact of the cost pressures facing adult social care as part of the wider consideration of local government spending within the Spending Review process. This assessment took account of a range of factors that could affect the ...

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