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Special Educational Needs: Finance

Commons · Question 14763 · Tabled 18 Nov 2024 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 26 Nov 2024

Question

Asked by Marie Goldman

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the (a) reduction to the National Insurance threshold and (b) costs for employing part-time (i) teaching assistants and (ii) school support staff on (A)

Answer

Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 26 Nov 2024

The government has agreed that the department will be compensated for the increase in National Insurance Contributions (NICs) paid by state-funding schools. Work is underway to determine how much the department will receive for those employers within its ...