Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 2.40 of the Autumn Budget 2024, HC 295, published on 30 October 2024, whether she has made an estimate of (a) the number of (i) businesses and (ii) employers in (A) Witham constituency and (B) Essex that will be affected by the proposed increase in the rate of employer National Insurance Contributions (NIC) and (b) the amount of employer NIC revenue that will raised from those areas in each of the next five years as a result.

Estimates of the number of businesses nor revenue raised from businesses in Witham and Essex from changes to Employer NICs announced at Autumn Budget 2024 are not available.