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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Health and Social Care Levy (28 March 2022)

Question Asked

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to employers of the health and social care levy by sector.

Asked by:
Jonathan Reynolds (Labour)

Answer

The table below shows the estimated exchequer yield of the employer portion of the Health and Social Care Levy, in the 2022 to 2023 tax year, by sector:

Sector

Exchequer yield

Other*

£490m

Accommodation and food service activities

£185m

Administrative and support service activities

£515m

Arts, entertainment and recreation

£100m

Construction

£400m

Education

£995m

Financial and insurance activities

£1,000m

Human health and social work activities

£975m

Information and communication

£685m

Manufacturing

£895m

Other service activities

£125m

Professional, scientific and technical activities

£990m

Real estate activities

£155m

Transportation and storage

£345m

Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles

£925m

Total

£8,775m

Figures are rounded to the nearest £5 million. Totals may not sum due to rounding.

Other* sector includes: ‘Unknown’, ‘Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies’, ‘Activities of households as employers; undifferentiated goods-and services-producing activities of households for own use’, ‘Agriculture, forestry and fishing’, ‘Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply’, ‘Mining and quarrying’, ‘Public administration and defence; compulsory social security’, ‘Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities’. These sectors were aggregated due to their small size, to avoid the risk of disclosure.


Answered by:
Lucy Frazer (Conservative)
31 March 2022

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