Question follow-through · 92570
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when he plans to reply to the correspondence from the Rt hon. Member for Braintree of 13 August 2025.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 19 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 1 Dec 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
19 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when he plans to reply to the correspondence from the Rt hon. Member for Braintree of 13 August 2025.
24 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 Dec 2025
Answer published
The Department for Business and Trade aims to respond to correspondence in 15 working days but in some instances it can take longer. The response to this case has now been issued and the department apologises for the length of time this has taken and are ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Social Services: Finance
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