Question follow-through · 66496
Business: Government Assistance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps her Department is taking to help support (a) rural and (b) independent businesses.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 9 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 17 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps her Department is taking to help support (a) rural and (b) independent businesses.
11 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Jul 2025
Answer published
The Government provided support for small businesses at Autumn Budget by:protecting the smallest businesses from the impact of the increase to Employer National Insurance by more than doubling the Employment Allowance to £10,500,freezing the small busines...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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