Written Question·Treasury·UIN 99165

Agency Workers and Self-employed: Pay

Tabled: 11 December 2025

Answered: 18 December 2025

Question

Damian Hinds

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the average net effect on overall tax receipts when an individual moves from direct waged employment to (a) self employment or (b) contracting with a temp or staffing agency, all other

Answer

Dan Tomlinson

In July 2025, in its Fiscal Risks and Sustainability assessment, the independent Office for Budget Responsibility assessed there was a low risk to the public finances of increasing self-employment. The risk was assessed to have decreased since the last as...

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