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NHS: Employers' Contributions

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Question for Department of Health and Social Care

UIN 11938, tabled on 30 October 2024

Question

Dr Caroline Johnson
Conservative
Sleaford and North Hykeham
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to paragraph 2.40 of the Autumn Budget 2024, HC 295, published on 30 October 2024, what estimate he has made of the increased cost to the NHS (a) directly and (b) indirectly of the increase in employer national insurance contributions.

This answer is the replacement for a previous holding answer.

Answer

Karin Smyth
Labour
Bristol South
Commons

Answered on

11 November 2024

We have taken tough decisions to fix the foundations in the public finances at Autumn Budget, this enabled the SR settlement of £22.6 billion increase in resource spending for the Department of Health and Social Care from 2023-24 outturn to 2025-26.

The Employer National Insurance rise will be implemented April 2025, the Department of health and Social Care will set out further details on allocation of funding for next year in due course.

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