Question follow-through · 1908
Small Businesses: Romford
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many small and medium sized businesses have ceased trading in a) England and b) the parliamentary constituency of Romford since 2024.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 18 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 20 May 2026
- Answer
- 8 Jun 2026 · 21 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many small and medium sized businesses have ceased trading in a) England and b) the parliamentary constituency of Romford since 2024.
20 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Jun 2026
Answer published
The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 18th May is attached.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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