Question follow-through · 4063
Business: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department supports rural businesses.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 3 Sept 2024
- Target answer date
- 9 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 11 Sept 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
3 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department supports rural businesses.
9 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Sept 2024
Answer published
Businesses across the country, including those in rural areas, can access support through their local Growth Hubs. DBT is committed to helping rural businesses to boost exports, improve access to finance, stamp out late payment practices and compete for p...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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