Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Employers' Contributions
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate he has made of the employer National Insurance contribution costs for (a) his Department and (b) non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department (i) in direct staffing costs and (ii) on third party and contract spend for the (A) current and (B) 2025-26 financial year; and whether he has made provision for the impact of the additional costs announced in paragraph 2.40 of the Autumn Budget 2024.
Answered by Catherine West
In 2024-25, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office estimates total staffing costs to be £975 million and employer national insurance (NI) costs to be £44 million. Budget allocation and workforce planning processes for 2025-26 are in progress but have not been finalised. The workforce budgets of non-departmental bodies are not set by the Department and it does not hold that information. The Department has not estimated the NI costs of its suppliers. The impact of tax changes would be taken into account along with all other changes to their cost base in the usual way through contract negotiations.
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