Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 71952
Business: Closures
Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 19 September 2025
Question
Ben Obese-Jecty
Conservative — Huntingdon
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has he made of the factors causing (a) agriculture, (b) forestry and (c) fishing businesses to close since 5 July 2024.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleDefra 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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