{"value":{"id":1755893,"askingMemberId":5203,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2025-01-15T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2025-01-20T00:00:00","uin":"24352","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many small businesses the Minister for Services, Small Business and Exports has visited since 4 July 2024.","answeringBodyId":214,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Business and Trade","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":177,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2025-01-21T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>I have engaged extensively with small businesses since my appointment, including visits to Ware, Coventry, Birmingham, Durham, Darlington, Gateshead, and various locations in London. I also regularly attend small business round tables alongside industry representatives such as the Federation of Small Business, Small Business Britain, and Enterprise Nation, as well as meeting small businesses one-to-one in the Department for Business and Trade.</p><p> </p><p>I am looking forward to having further engagements.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Small Businesses: Domestic Visits","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1755893","method":"GET"}]}