{"value":{"id":1751650,"askingMemberId":5310,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2024-12-19T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2025-01-07T00:00:00","uin":"21442","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to support pharmacies in Newbury constituency with the increased cost of employers National Insurance contributions.","answeringBodyId":17,"answeringBodyName":"Department of Health and Social Care","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4359,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2025-01-08T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>We have taken necessary decisions to fix the foundations in the public finances at Autumn Budget 2024, which enabled the Spending Review settlement of a £22.6 billion increase in resource spending for the Department from 2023/24 outturn to 2025/26. The employer national insurance rise will be implemented April 2025, with the Department setting out further details on allocation of funding for this year in due course.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Pharmacy: Newbury","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1751650","method":"GET"}]}