Question follow-through · 13123
Business: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make a statement on the progress he has made on reducing the administrative cost of regulation for businesses against his stated target of 25% by the end of this Parliament.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 25 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 29 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 1 Jul 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make a statement on the progress he has made on reducing the administrative cost of regulation for businesses against his stated target of 25% by the end of this Parliament.
29 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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1 Jul 2026
Answer published
We will update Parliament and the public on our Regulation Action Plan commitments in due course, including the progress made against the 25% target since our latest update in October.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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