Question follow-through · 71952

Business: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has he made of the factors causing (a) agriculture, (b) forestry and (c) fishing businesses to close since 5 July 2024.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
29 Aug 2025
Target answer date
2 Sept 2025
Answer
19 Sept 2025 · 21 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 29 Aug 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has he made of the factors causing (a) agriculture, (b) forestry and (c) fishing businesses to close since 5 July 2024.

  2. 2 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 19 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    Defra is aware of the Office for National Statistics' quarterly business openings and closures data. There are many factors unrelated to government policy that might explain why businesses would be shown as "closing" in the data source, includin...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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