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Teachers: Recruitment

Commons · Question 63153 · Tabled 26 Jun 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 3 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an estimate of the cost of hiring new teachers due to changes in employer National Insurance contributions for schools in (a) Fylde constituency and (b) Lancashire.

Answer

Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 3 Jul 2025

The increase in National Insurance Contributions (NICs) costs was taken into account when calculating the additional funding the department is providing to support schools with the 2025 pay awards in the financial year 2025/26. Schools in Lancashire will ...