Question follow-through · 900191
Business: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support businesses in rural areas.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 27 Aug 2024
- Target answer date
- 5 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 17 Sept 2024 · 21 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
27 Aug 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support businesses in rural areas.
5 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Sept 2024
Answer published
Rural areas offer significant potential for growth and are central to our economy. Over half a million business are registered in rural areas, with the rural economy contributing over £315 billion a year to England alone. The Government is committed to im...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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