Question follow-through · 116643
Construction: Insolvency
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support small and medium-sized construction businesses facing insolvency as a result of planning delays and late payment practices.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 27 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 3 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 4 Mar 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
27 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support small and medium-sized construction businesses facing insolvency as a result of planning delays and late payment practices.
3 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Mar 2026
Answer published
We recognise the impact that late payment has on small and medium-sized businesses including those within the construction industry. This Government will legislate to end the scourge of late payments and will give the UK the strongest legal framework on l...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Department for Business and Trade: China
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