Question follow-through · 33582

Hospitality Industry: Closures

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the number of (a) pub and (b) restaurant closures in England in the latest period for which data is available.

answeredCabinet Office

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
25 Feb 2025
Target answer date
27 Feb 2025
Answer
3 Mar 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 25 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the number of (a) pub and (b) restaurant closures in England in the latest period for which data is available.

  2. 27 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 3 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon lady’s Parliamentary Question of 25th February is attached.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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