Question follow-through · 22089

Eat Out to Help Out Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will assess the effectiveness of the Eat Out to Help Out Scheme.

answeredTreasury

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
6 Jan 2025
Target answer date
8 Jan 2025
Answer
9 Jan 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 6 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will assess the effectiveness of the Eat Out to Help Out Scheme.

  2. 8 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 9 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    Following the conclusion of the Eat Out Help Out scheme, HMRC published statistical analysis, which included data on scheme’s costs, take up, and geographical breakdown. The Covid Inquiry is also investigating the UK’s response to and impact of the Covid-...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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