Question follow-through · 42211
Urban Areas: Shops
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure the diversity of (a) shops and (b) service provision on high streets.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 28 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 1 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 7 Apr 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure the diversity of (a) shops and (b) service provision on high streets.
1 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Apr 2025
Answer published
The Government is committed to fostering the conditions for prosperous and diverse high streets. The Government has recently introduced High Street Rental Auctions to tackle persistent vacancy and ensure that more business ventures can access commercial p...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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