Question follow-through · 21
Shops
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to help support small shops.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 17 Jul 2024
- Target answer date
- 22 Jul 2024
- Answer
- 23 Jul 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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- Trade Agreements · 5 Sept 2024
- Retail Trade: Fines · 12 Sept 2024
- Business: Lincolnshire · 4 Oct 2024
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Recorded timeline
17 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to help support small shops.
22 Jul 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Jul 2024
Answer published
Eligible retail, hospitality and leisure properties currently benefit from 75 per cent business rates relief, up to a cash cap of £110,000 per business for 2024-25. The small business multiplier is frozen at 49.9p for 2024/25, protecting over a million ra...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Public Houses: Rural Areas
18 Jul 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to help support pubs in rural areas.
Small Businesses: Finance
18 Jul 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take steps to improve small businesses’ ability to access finance.
Trade Agreements
5 Sept 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what trade deals his Department is (a) negotiating and (b) not currently negotiating.
Retail Trade: Fines
12 Sept 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many retailers were handed fines by the Groceries Code Adjudicator in (a) 2022 and (b) 2023.
Business: Lincolnshire
4 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to promote investment opportunities for businesses based in Lincolnshire.
Groceries Code Adjudicator
4 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will update the powers of the Groceries Code Adjudicator to increase the maximum fine levy amount.
Foreign Investment in UK: Lincolnshire
8 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many jobs were created in Lincolnshire as a result of foreign direct investment in the last five years.
Beer: Lincolnshire
12 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help support the growth of independent brewers in Lincolnshire.
Foreign Investment in UK: Lincolnshire
12 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the economic impact of foreign direct investment projects in Lincolnshire in the last five years.
Food: Lincolnshire
19 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support food producers from Lincolnshire to increase exports.
Industry: Agriculture
26 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, for what reason there is no mention of (a) farming and (b) agriculture in the Government's industrial strategy entitled Invest 2035: the UK's modern industrial strategy, published in October 2024.
Agriculture: Vehicles
2 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to reduce the (a) risk of and (b) impact from fires in agricultural vehicles.