Question follow-through · 37933

Small Businesses: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he has taken to support young entrepreneurs in (a) creating and (b) sustaining small businesses in Surrey Heath constituency.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Answering body
Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
12 Mar 2025
Target answer date
14 Mar 2025
Answer
18 Mar 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 12 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he has taken to support young entrepreneurs in (a) creating and (b) sustaining small businesses in Surrey Heath constituency.

  2. 14 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 18 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    We will publish our Small Business Strategy later this year with a clear ambition to promote startups and encourage entrepreneurship in Surrey Heath and across the UK including amongst young people, built around the new Business Growth Service. There is a...

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