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Hospitality Industry: Coronavirus

Asked by Gareth ThomasLabour (Co-op)Department for Business and TradeTabled Answered 16 October 2025UIN 77973

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) pubs and (b) other hospitality businesses with outstanding covid-19 loans.

Answered by Blair McDougall

This information is not held centrally by the Department for Business and Trade.

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