Question follow-through · 64893
Retail Trade: Urban Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to (a) reduce the number of empty retail units and (b) help regenerate high streets in (i) Eastbourne and (ii) other towns.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 3 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 7 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 10 Jul 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to (a) reduce the number of empty retail units and (b) help regenerate high streets in (i) Eastbourne and (ii) other towns.
7 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Jul 2025
Answer published
This government is taking several steps to reduce empty retail units and regenerate high streets in Eastbourne and other towns across the country. Eastbourne will benefit from up to £20 million over 10 years through the £1.5 billion Plan for Neighbourhood...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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