Question follow-through · 83745
Retail Trade: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent steps his Department has taken to support small businesses in the retail sector in the West Midlands.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 21 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 23 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 28 Oct 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent steps his Department has taken to support small businesses in the retail sector in the West Midlands.
23 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Oct 2025
Answer published
We’re creating a fairer business rates system that protects small retailers, including introducing permanently lower rates for retail, hospitality and leisure properties under £500,000 rateable value. The government has protected the smallest businesses f...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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