Question follow-through · 67885

Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions he has had with businesses on the S&P Global Flash UK PMI.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Answering body
Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
15 Jul 2025
Target answer date
17 Jul 2025
Answer
23 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 15 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions he has had with businesses on the S&P Global Flash UK PMI.

  2. 17 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 23 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    Details of the meetings held by Ministers of the Department for Business and Trade are available on transparency pages of gov.uk and are released as part of the Government’s transparency agenda.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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