WQ95295 (e) Tabled on 13/12/2024

What proportion of childcare providers in Wales does the Welsh Government estimate will be eligible for the employment allowance in the 2025-26 financial year?

Answered by Minister for Children and Social Care | Answered on 02/01/2025

National Insurance is a non-devolved tax and the responsibility of the UK Government, as is employment allowance.

On December 11, I published a Written Statement detailing the outcome of the latest review of the hourly rate paid to childcare providers who deliver the Childcare Offer.  My officials will be publishing a technical note in due course which demonstrates the approach taken to the revised rate for 2025-26.