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Mental Health: Small Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support small business owners with their mental health.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
16 Jul 2026
Target answer date
2 Sept 2026
Answer
2 Sept 2026 · 48 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 16 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support small business owners with their mental health.

  2. 2 Sept 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 2 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    The Government recognises that running a small business can be challenging and can bring pressures that affect an owner’s mental health and wellbeing.Information and support for company directors is available through the Government's Director information ...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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