Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 36079

Bus Services and Railways: Employers' Contributions

Tabled: 6 March 2025

Answered: 11 March 2025

Named Day

Question

Wendy Morton

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the increase in Employers National Insurance Contributions on the budgets of train and bus operators transitioning from franchise to public mode of operat

Answer

Simon Lightwood

Budgets for 2025/26 are in the process of being agreed, as part of the annual business planning process, with train operating companies. These budgets take account of the increase in the cost of changes to employer National Insurance contributions made at...

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