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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Procurement

Asked by Priti PatelConservativeForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled Answered 4 December 2024UIN 16729

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 22 November 2024 to Question 14335 on Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Staff, if he will make an estimate of the potential impact of changes to national insurance contributions at the Autumn Budget 2024 on costs to its suppliers; and if he will make an estimate of the potential impact of those costs on his Department's budget in the 2025-26 financial year.

Answered by Catherine West

The Department does not hold the necessary information to estimate the potential impact on its thousands of suppliers. As previously indicated in the response to PQ 14336, 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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