Question follow-through · 77162

Manufacturing Industries: Small Businesses

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of Government policies over the last 12 months on the financial stability of small and medium-sized kitchen manufacturers.

answeredTreasury

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
15 Sept 2025
Target answer date
13 Oct 2025
Answer
13 Oct 2025 · 28 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 15 Sept 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of Government policies over the last 12 months on the financial stability of small and medium-sized kitchen manufacturers.

  2. 13 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 13 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    The Government continues to monitor the UK corporate sector, including insolvency trends, using official data and engaging with firms and business groups to inform policy decisions. The Government has taken a number of measures to make the tax system comp...

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