Question follow-through · 905555

Hospitality Industry and Retail Trade: City of Durham

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps she is taking to support small retail, hospitality and leisure businesses in City of Durham constituency.

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
3 Sept 2025
Target answer date
9 Sept 2025
Answer
9 Sept 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 3 Sept 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps she is taking to support small retail, hospitality and leisure businesses in City of Durham constituency.

  2. 9 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 9 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    Businesses in our retail, hospitality and leisure sectors are foundational to our economy and our high streets, and we are supporting them to succeed.From 2026-27, we will introduce a permanently lower business rates multiplier for retail, hospitality and...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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