Written questions

General Practitioners: Employers' Contributions

Commons · Question 12848 · Tabled 5 Nov 2024 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 11 Nov 2024

Question

Asked by Tracy Gilbert

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to provide additional funding to GPs for the cost of the increase in employers' National Insurance Contributions.

Answer

Answered by James Murray, 11 Nov 2024

Resource spending for the Department of Health and Social Care is set to increase by £22.6 billion in 2025-26 compared to 2023-24 outturn, providing a real-terms growth rate of 4% for the NHS, the largest since before 2010 excluding Covid-19 years. The Go...