Question follow-through · 129416
Cooperatives: Buckinghamshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to provide development support for co-operative businesses located in (i) Milton Keynes and (ii) Buckinghamshire.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 22 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 27 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 28 Apr 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
22 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to provide development support for co-operative businesses located in (i) Milton Keynes and (ii) Buckinghamshire.
27 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Apr 2026
Answer published
The Government is committed to supporting diverse business models and doubling the size of the co-operative and mutual sector. We have received strong engagement from the sector through our Call for Evidence and are now analysing responses to shape future...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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