Bus Services and Railways: Employers' Contributions
Commons · Question 36079 · Tabled 6 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Wendy Morton
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the increase in Employers National Insurance Contributions on the budgets of train and bus operators transitioning from franchise to public mode of operat
Answer
Answered by Simon Lightwood, 11 Mar 2025
Budgets for 2025/26 are in the process of being agreed, as part of the annual business planning process, with train operating companies. These budgets take account of the increase in the cost of changes to employer National Insurance contributions made at...