Question follow-through · 900981

Cooperatives and Mutual Societies: New Businesses

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support new co-operatives and mutuals.

answeredTreasury

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
24 Oct 2024
Target answer date
31 Oct 2024
Answer
31 Oct 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 24 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support new co-operatives and mutuals.

  2. 31 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 31 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    The Government recognises the important contribution of co-operatives and mutuals to the economy, serving local communities around the UK and ensuring the UK has a diverse business sector with their model of shared ownership. According to the Co-operative...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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