Manufacturing Industries: Kent
Commons · Question 54527 · Tabled 22 May 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record
Answered 4 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Katie Lam
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of increasing employer National Insurance Contributions and the National Minimum Wage on manufacturing businesses in (a) Kent and (b) the Weal
Answer
Answered by Gareth Thomas, 4 Jun 2025
The Government protected small businesses and charities from the impact of the increase to Employer National Insurance by increasing the Employment Allowance from £5,000 to £10,500, and 865,000 employers will pay no NICs in 2025-26. My Department publishe...