Schools: Employers' Contributions

(asked on 5th January 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when schools will be reimbursed for the increase in National Insurance contributions.


Answered by
Georgia Gould Portrait
Georgia Gould
Minister of State (Education)
This question was answered on 28th January 2026

We have provided schools with over £1.1 billion to support them with the increases to employer National Insurance contributions from April 2025.

We published schools’ allocations in May 2025, and payments were made in September and October 2025.

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