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Personal Care Services: Operating Costs

Commons · Question 28628 · Tabled 9 Sep 2026 · Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade · Official record

Answered 17 Sep 2026

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Asked by Ben Maguire

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the cumulative impact of increases in the (i) National Minimum Wage, (ii) employer National Insurance contributions, (iii) business rates

Answer

Answered by Kate Dearden, 17 Sep 2026

Small salon businesses will benefit from the new permanently lower multipliers for eligible retail, hospitality and leisure (RHL) properties. These new multipliers are worth nearly £1 billion per year and benefit over 750,000 properties.The Government has...