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Written question asked by Peter Bedford (Conservative) on Tuesday, 25 March 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 27 March 2025. It was answered by Alison McGovern (Labour) on Wednesday, 2 April 2025 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.


Employers' Contributions and Unemployment Benefits

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the proposed increase to employers National Insurance contributions on trends in the levels of unemployment benefit claims.

Answer

The potential impacts of the changes to employers National Insurance Contributions, have been assessed by the independent Office for Budget Responsibility.

This assessment is publicly available and can be found here: Economic and fiscal outlook – March 2025 - Office for Budget Responsibility


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
41262
Session
2024-26
Subjects
Employers' contributions Unemployment benefits
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk