Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 102936
Schools: Employers' Contributions
Tabled: 5 January 2026
Answered: 28 January 2026
Question
Pippa Heylings
Liberal Democrat — South Cambridgeshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when schools will be reimbursed for the increase in National Insurance contributions.
Answer
Georgia GouldWe have provided schools with over £1.1 billion to support them with the increases to employer National Insurance contributions from April 2025.We published schools’ allocations in May 2025, and payments were made in September and October 2025.