Written questions

General Practitioners: Lancashire

Commons · Question 63152 · Tabled 26 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 2 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an estimate of the cost of hiring new staff due to changes in employer National Insurance contributions for GP practices in (a) Fylde constituency and (b) Lancashire

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 2 Jul 2025

We have made necessary decisions to fix the foundations of the public finances in the 2024 Autumn Budget. Resource spending for the Department will be £22.6 billion more in 2025/26 than in 2023/24, as part of the Spending Review settlement. The employers’...