Question follow-through · 12393
Business Premises: Deposits
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment her Department has made of the accessibility of legal redress for small businesses in disputes relating to commercial property holding deposits.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 23 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 25 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 1 Jul 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment her Department has made of the accessibility of legal redress for small businesses in disputes relating to commercial property holding deposits.
25 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 Jul 2026
Answer published
The Ministry of Justice has not conducted a specific assessment of this individual issue.We are aware that holding deposits are a common practice in negotiations for commercial premises. These are a private matter between landlords and businesses. However...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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