{"value":{"id":1752212,"askingMemberId":4869,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2025-01-03T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2025-01-07T00:00:00","uin":"21708","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the increase to employers' National Insurance contributions will be covered in full for schools.","answeringBodyId":60,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Education","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4125,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2025-01-10T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The government has agreed that public sector employers will receive compensation in recognition of the increase in their National Insurance contributions (NICs). That compensation will be additional to the £2.3 billion increase to the core schools budget for the 2025/26 financial year announced at the Autumn Budget 2024. Due to timing constraints, it will be provided as a separate grant, alongside the dedicated schools grant, in 2025/26. Further arrangements for this will be shared with schools as soon as is practicable.</p><p> </p><p> </p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Schools: Employers' Contributions","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1752212","method":"GET"}]}