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Question follow-through · 83833

Schools: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of increases in employers’ National Insurance contributions on levels of redundancies in schools.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
21 Oct 2025
Target answer date
23 Oct 2025
Answer
29 Oct 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 21 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of increases in employers’ National Insurance contributions on levels of redundancies in schools.

  2. 23 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 29 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    School funding is increasing by £3.7 billion in 2025/26, meaning that core school budgets will total £65.3 billion, compared to £61.6 billion in 2024/25. This includes the additional funding being provided to support schools and high needs settings, with ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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