Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 76813

Hospitality Industry: Rural Areas

Tabled: 12 September 2025
Answered: 23 September 2025

Question

Sir Geoffrey Cox

ConservativeTorridge and Tavistock

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to ensure that rural hospitality businesses are adequately supported in the context of (a) rising wholesale food prices, (b) energy costs, (c) increased (i) wage and (ii) NIC pr

Answer

Kate Dearden
Government fully recognises the importance of hospitality businesses in rural communities, that’s why we’re providing support through a range of measures to ease pressures.We continue to monitor key agricultural commodities and work with the hospitality s...

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