{"value":{"id":1836728,"askingMemberId":4569,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2025-10-10T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2025-10-14T00:00:00","uin":"78368","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of Government-funded business development support in the co-operative and mutual sectors.","answeringBodyId":214,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Business and Trade","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":5076,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2025-10-17T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The Department for Business and Trade committed to launch a Call for Evidence on co-operative and mutual business. The Call for Evidence will focus on how the government can continue to support co-operative and mutual businesses, to start, grow and scale, as well as support for existing businesses who want to transition to become a co-operative or mutual.</p><p>As part of this, we will be collecting data on existing business support for co-operatives and mutuals, including, but not limited to government funded support.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Cooperatives","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1836728","method":"GET"}]}