Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 74855
Business: Rural Areas
Tabled: 3 September 2025
Answered: 19 September 2025
Named DayQuestion
Sarah Dyke
Liberal Democrat — Glastonbury and Somerton
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the trends in the number of business closures in rural areas.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleDefra publishes the Statistical Digest for Rural England to provide up-to-date analysis across a wide range of subjects including information on business survival and growth. Business deaths per head of population are lower in rural Areas. In 2023, there ...
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