Question follow-through · 11447
Business: Debts
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the regional spread of business debt in each of the last five years.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 28 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 30 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 7 Nov 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the regional spread of business debt in each of the last five years.
30 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Nov 2024
Answer published
Business debt in the UK is spread across each of the regions, with the biggest proportions found in London, the South East and South West. Please find a detailed breakdown of the changes in the regional spread of business debt in each of the last five yea...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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