Question follow-through · 85392
Small Businesses: Government Assistance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support the growth of small and medium businesses in (a) Hexham constituency, (b) Northumberland, (c) Newcastle, (d) the North East and (e) England.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 27 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 3 Nov 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
27 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support the growth of small and medium businesses in (a) Hexham constituency, (b) Northumberland, (c) Newcastle, (d) the North East and (e) England.
3 Nov 2025
Target answer date
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3 Nov 2025
Answer published
The Government’s Plan for Small Businesses, published in July, sets out the measures that Government is taking to support small businesses across the UK. This includes legislation to end the scourge of late payments which costs the UK economy £11bn annual...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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