Question follow-through · 12460
Retail Trade: Urban Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential benefit of giving councils the power to designate Independent Shop Zones.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 23 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 25 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 7 Jul 2026 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential benefit of giving councils the power to designate Independent Shop Zones.
25 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Jul 2026
Answer published
This Government recognises the important role that independent shops play in supporting vibrant, diverse and resilient high streets. Local authorities already have a range of tools to shape their town centres and support local businesses, including throug...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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