Question follow-through · 12973
Employers' Contributions: Exemptions
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has considered the potential merits of exempting early years education and care providers from increases in National Insurance contributions to help mitigate rising operational costs.
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
- 24 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 30 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 30 Jun 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has considered the potential merits of exempting early years education and care providers from increases in National Insurance contributions to help mitigate rising operational costs.
30 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Jun 2026
Answer published
It is our ambition that all families have access to high- quality, affordable and flexible early education and care, improving opportunity for every child and work choices for every parent; the government is grateful for the work of childcare providers an...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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