Question follow-through · 74474
Hospitality Industry: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department is taking steps to help (a) increase recruitment and (b) tackle staffing shortages in the hospitality sector in (a) towns, (b) rural communities and (c) other places in (i) Somer
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 2 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 5 Sept 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department is taking steps to help (a) increase recruitment and (b) tackle staffing shortages in the hospitality sector in (a) towns, (b) rural communities and (c) other places in (i) Somer
4 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Sept 2025
Answer published
Hospitality businesses, including those in Somerset and across other regions, play a vital role in driving economic growth and strengthening community cohesion across the country.We work closely with the Hospitality Sector Council to improve the productiv...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Shops: Rural Areas
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Small Businesses: Yeovil
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Urban Areas: Yeovil
10 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support Somerset Council in rural town centre regeneration in Yeovil constituency.
Small Businesses: Closures and Contracts
10 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate he has made of the number of small to medium sized enterprises that are planning to close or contract over the 2026-2027 financial year.
Post Offices: Closures
29 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to help protect post office services following closures of convenience stores where post offices are based.
Companies: Remote Meetings
18 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the impact of UK corporations holding online-only Annual General Meetings on the digitally excluded in Yeovil constituency who have a financial stake in such corporations
Construction: Labour Market
26 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the construction workforce in (a) Yeovil constituency, (b) Somerset and (c) England.