Written question WQ95296
- Asked by
- Sioned WilliamsPlaid
- To be answered by
- Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- Due
- Answered
- Time to answer
- 20 days
Question
Will the rate provided under the childcare offer for Wales increase proportionately to cover the increase in employer national insurance contributions?
Answer
Answered by Minister for Children and Social Care
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.