Question follow-through · 101235

Trading Standards: East of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many trading standards inspections of high street shops took place in the last 12 months in (a) Suffolk Coastal, (b) Suffolk and (c) East Anglia.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Answering body
Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
17 Dec 2025
Target answer date
5 Jan 2026
Answer
5 Jan 2026 · 19 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many trading standards inspections of high street shops took place in the last 12 months in (a) Suffolk Coastal, (b) Suffolk and (c) East Anglia.

  2. 5 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 5 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    The Department for Business and Trade does not hold this information. Trading Standards inspections are the responsibility of individual Local Authorities.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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