Question follow-through · 53954
Sole Traders: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the accessibility of financial support available for sole traders.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 21 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 3 Jun 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the accessibility of financial support available for sole traders.
2 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Jun 2025
Answer published
Small businesses are the heart of our high streets and communities and are essential to our vision for growth and economic success.The Government is committed to improving access to finance for small businesses, including sole traders, so they can grow an...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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