Department for Education written question – answered at on 22 July 2026.
Rebecca Harris
Assistant Whip, Opposition Chief Whip (Commons)
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the additional costs incurred by each school in Castle Point Constituency as a result of the increase in employers' National Insurance Contributions in 2026/27.
Georgia Gould
Minister of State (Education)
The department estimates the impact of changes to schools’ costs, including employer National Insurance Contributions (NICs), at a national level and does not estimate the costs incurred by individual schools, including schools in Castle Point Constituency.
There is no increase in employers’ NICs in 2026/27, compared to 2025/26. The government agreed that public sector employers would receive support in recognition of the increase in their NICs from April 2025 and provided support to schools through the NICs Grant in 2025/26.
Funding allocated in 2025/26 through the NICs Grant was rolled into the schools National Funding Formula (NFF) in 2026/27, to help simplify the funding system and keep funding fair. The department’s NFF policy document is available at: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69417d442d5e7e863253755a/The_national_funding_formula_for_schools_and_high_needs_-_2026_to_2027.pdf.
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