To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate has been made of the cost of the proposed increases to national insurance contributions for employers to local government employers in 2010-11. (308352)

There are no proposed increases to employer national insurance contributions in 2010-11. Employer contributions are set to increase by 1 per cent. to 13.8 per cent. in 2011-12.

Information on the cost of the proposed change to local Government employers is not readily available.