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Employers' Contributions: Public Bodies

Asked by Jenny Riddell-CarpenterLabourTreasuryTabled Answered 4 March 2025UIN 34101

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to support public bodies that are ineligible for the Employment Allowance.

Answered by James Murray

The Government will provide support for departments and other public sector employers for additional Employer NICs costs, i.e., central government, public corporations and local government, not including self-financed organisations.

This is the usual approach the Government takes to supporting the public sector with additional Employer NICs costs, as was the case with the previous Government’s Health and Social Care Levy.

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