Question follow-through · 1784
Small Businesses: Insolvency
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what information his Department holds on the number of SMEs that have dissolved citing the UK’s exit from the EU as a contributing factor since 2021.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 15 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 19 May 2026
- Answer
- No published answer in this record
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Recorded timeline
15 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what information his Department holds on the number of SMEs that have dissolved citing the UK’s exit from the EU as a contributing factor since 2021.
19 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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3 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many enforcement actions have been taken under the Reporting on Payment Practices and Performance Regulations 2017 in each year since those regulations came into force.
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3 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to publish an implementation plan for the Small Business Protections Bill, including enforcement responsibilities, staffing requirements and delivery milestones.
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3 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on GDP of reducing average business-to-business payment times by one day.
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3 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the economic return of additional enforcement funding for late payment regulations.
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3 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to establish a dedicated implementation taskforce to oversee enforcement of the Small Business Protections Bill and wider late payment reforms.