Written Question·Treasury·UIN 99164

Agency Workers and Staff: 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 effect on take-home pay for an individual if they move from direct waged employment to contracting with a temp or staffing agency, all other things being equal.

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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