Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 102936

Schools: Employers' Contributions

Tabled: 5 January 2026
Answered: 28 January 2026

Question

Pippa Heylings

Liberal DemocratSouth Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when schools will be reimbursed for the increase in National Insurance contributions.

Answer

Georgia Gould
We 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.