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Employers' Contributions and Minimum Wage: Small Businesses
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the cumulative potential impact of changes to employer National Insurance contributions and the National Minimum Wage on the level of labour costs for (a) micro busin
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
- 2 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 9 Jun 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the cumulative potential impact of changes to employer National Insurance contributions and the National Minimum Wage on the level of labour costs for (a) micro busin
9 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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9 Jun 2026
Answer published
A Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN) was published alongside 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 individuals, businesses ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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