Air Ambulance Services: Employers' Contributions
Commons · Question 19146 · Tabled 10 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Question
Asked by Neil Shastri-Hurst
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of increases in employers National Insurance contributions on the (a) provision and (b) resilience of air ambulance services.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 16 Dec 2024
No such assessment has been made. The Government has protected the smallest businesses and charities from the impact of the increase to employer National Insurance, by increasing the Employment Allowance from £5,000 to £10,500, which means that 865,000 em...