Question follow-through · 14251

Hospitality Industry: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support seasonal hospitality businesses in rural constituencies such as West Dorset.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
29 Jun 2026
Target answer date
1 Jul 2026
Answer
7 Jul 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 29 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support seasonal hospitality businesses in rural constituencies such as West Dorset.

  2. 1 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 7 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    We are delivering permanently lower business rates multipliers for over 750,000 retail, hospitality and leisure properties, backed by a £4.3 billion support package over three years, including transitional relief to protect businesses from large bill incr...

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