Question follow-through · 81374
Conditions of Employment and Employers' Contributions
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential cumulative impact of (a) National Insurance contributions and (b) the Employment Rights Act on overall hiring costs for UK businesses.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 13 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 17 Oct 2025 · 4 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential cumulative impact of (a) National Insurance contributions and (b) the Employment Rights Act on overall hiring costs for UK businesses.
15 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Oct 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, including on businesses. The Government decided to protect the smallest busi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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