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Health Services: Employers' Contributions

Asked by Dame Caroline DinenageConservativeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 7 May 2025UIN 49338

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on changes to employer National Insurance Contributions and the potential impact on (a) community care services and (b) wider healthcare services.

Answered by Karin Smyth

The Department has discussed the impact of employer National Insurance contributions with HM Treasury, and has been informed of the Department’s allocation.

The Government’s intent is to publish the allocations alongside departmental budgets for 2025/26 at the Mains estimates. This will be published as a supplementary table, with a brief description of the methodology used accompanying it, and the table will not list a breakdown of the specific compensation to individual services.

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