Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to provide employers with a national insurance rebate calculated at 40 per cent of the total combined salaries of each new employee who was not previously in education, employment or training; and what assessment they have made of the Centre for Social Justice's report The case for a Skills Tax Break, published February 2025.

Employers of those under the age of 21 and apprentices under the age of 25 already receive 100% employer National Insurance relief on salaries up to £50,270. It is likely that a new relief would have to be paid for, at least in part, by increased taxes for other taxpayers or reducing expenditure on public services.