Question follow-through · 93851
Mutual Societies
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent progress he has made on doubling the size of the mutuals sector.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 24 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 26 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 1 Dec 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent progress he has made on doubling the size of the mutuals sector.
26 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 Dec 2025
Answer published
As part of the Autumn Budget announcements, the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) launched a Call for Evidence on Business Support for Co-operatives and Mutuals. This will be open across Great Britain for 12 weeks. DBT ensured that for Financial Yea...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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16 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with European counterparts on improving mutual recognition of professional qualifications to support UK skills shortages and export sectors.