Written questions

Health Services and Social Services: Employers' Contributions

Lords · Question HL2711 · Tabled 20 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 4 Dec 2024

Question

Asked by Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential impact of the proposed changes to employer national insurance contributions on health and social care providers.

Answer

Answered by Baroness Merron, 4 Dec 2024

We have taken necessary decisions to fix the foundations in the public finances at Autumn Budget, and this enabled the Spending Review settlement of a £22.6 billion increase in resource spending for the Department from 2023/24 outturn to 2025/26. The empl...