Question follow-through · 17823
Business: Internet
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential importance of business support functionalities by online platforms such as META.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 4 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 6 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 16 Dec 2024 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential importance of business support functionalities by online platforms such as META.
6 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Dec 2024
Answer published
Adoption of digital technologies, including social media such as META's Facebook and Instagram platforms, can significantly increase business productivity. The Department is working with the SME Digital Adoption Taskforce and the Cross-government Review o...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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