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Business: Closures

Asked by Sir James CleverlyConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 28 July 2025UIN 68459

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made an estimate of the average number of businesses that have ceased trading on each day since July 2024.

Answered by Georgia Gould

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Rt. Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 16th July is attached.

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