Agency Workers and Self-employed: Pay
Commons · Question 99165 · Tabled 11 Dec 2025 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 18 Dec 2025
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Asked by Damian Hinds
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the average net effect on overall tax receipts when an individual moves from direct waged employment to (a) self employment or (b) contracting with a temp or staffing agency, all other
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...