Question follow-through · 127963
Minimum Wage: National Insurance Contributions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, following the announcement in the Budget on 30th October 2025 and its requirement for both the National Minimum Wage and employer National Insurance contributions to be increased, whether assurance
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 16 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 22 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 22 Apr 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, following the announcement in the Budget on 30th October 2025 and its requirement for both the National Minimum Wage and employer National Insurance contributions to be increased, whether assurance
22 Apr 2026
Target answer date
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22 Apr 2026
Answer published
Funding for general practice (GP) is agreed annually through consultation on the GP Contract, which considers wider cost pressures facing practices as part of the overall settlement. These funding decisions are informed by a range of factors, including in...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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