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Small Businesses: Insolvency

Asked by Dr Al PinkertonLiberal DemocratCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 21 May 2026UIN 521

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of small and medium-sized enterprises that have dissolved citing the UK’s exit from the EU as a contributing factor since 2021.

Answered by Satvir Kaur

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question’s of 13th May is attached.

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