| Heading: |
Tourism: Kent |
| Question ID: |
1805761 |
| UIN: |
54528 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-22 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5285 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Katie Lam
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Katie Lam
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of increasing (a) employer National Insurance Contributions and (b) the National Minimum Wage on tourism businesses in (i) Kent and (ii) the W |
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false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-04 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
177 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Gareth Thomas
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| Answering Member handle: |
GarethThomasMP
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@GarethThomasMP
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| Answer text: |
The Government protected small businesses and charities from the impact of the increase to Employer National Insurance by increasing the Employment Allowance from £5,000 to £10,500, and 865,000 employers will pay no NICs in 2025-26. My Department publishe... |
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| Answering body ID: |
214 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Business and Trade |
| Tweeted: |
true |