United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 70959
Business: Closures
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29 August 2025
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19 September 2025 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Office for National Statistics’ dataset entitled Business demography quarterly, UK Quarter 2 April to June 2025 edition, what assessment he has made of trends in
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29 August 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Office for National Statistics’ dataset entitled Business demography quarterly, UK Quarter 2 April to June 2025 edition, what assessment he has made of trends in
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19 September 2025
Answer
Defra is aware of the Office for National Statistics' quarterly business openings and closures data. There are many factors unrelated to government policy that might explain why businesses would be shown as "closing" in the data source, includin...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-08-29/70959
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1827678
- uk · wq-1827678 · source updated 19 September 2025