Agency Workers and Staff: Pay
Commons · Question 99164 · Tabled 11 Dec 2025 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Damian Hinds
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the average effect on take-home pay for an individual if they move from direct waged employment to contracting with a temp or staffing agency, all other things being equal.
Answer
Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 18 Dec 2025
In July 2025, in its Fiscal Risks and Sustainability assessment, the independent Office for Budget Responsibility assessed there was a low risk to the public finances of increasing self-employment. The risk was assessed to have decreased since the last as...