Written Question·Scotland Office·UIN 903747

Employers' Contributions: Job Creation

Tabled: 8 April 2025
Answered: 23 April 2025
Named Day

Question

Jerome Mayhew

ConservativeBroadland and Fakenham

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the increase in employer National Insurance contributions on job creation in Scotland.

Answer

Ian Murray
Figures released last week showed that the employment rate and wages in Scotland are up - no thanks to the opposition who crashed our economy, sent mortgages soaring and were ready to do it all over again. Let us not forget, the £22 billion black hole the...

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