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date	19/07/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Urban Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment she has made of trends in (a) the level of economic activity on the high street and (b) the rate of (i) retail and (ii) hospitality outlets closing.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	195105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>My Department monitors high street economic activity closely. Sales data from BDO High Street tracker<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup> show that total in-store sales grew 5.1% in June 2023, driven by strong fashion sales (+7.2%), with in-store sales now 14.8% above June 2022 levels. Data from the British Retail Consortium<sup><sup>[2]</sup></sup> show that high-street footfall increased by 0.6% in June 2023 compared with the same month in the previous year, up from -0.5% in May.</p><p> </p><p>ONS data<sup><sup>[3]</sup></sup> show that in 2022, both the hospitality and retail sectors had a business death rate of 15%.<sup><sup>[4]</sup></sup> More recently, business deaths increased in hospitality (+44%) and retail (+20%) in Quarter 1 2023 compared with the previous quarter. However, business creations in both sectors also increased over the same period, with creations in the hospitality and retail sectors up 30% and 16% respectively.</p><p> </p><p>Government recognises the pressures faced by high street businesses, which is why the Autumn Statement 2022 announced a package of changes to business rates worth £13.6bn over the next 5 years in lower bills. This is in addition to the Energy Bills Discount Scheme.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.bdo.co.uk/en-gb/high-street-sales-tracker/previous-reports" target="_blank">https://www.bdo.co.uk/en-gb/high-street-sales-tracker/previous-reports</a></p><p>[2] <a href="https://brc.org.uk/news/corporate-affairs/footfall-slowed-during-june-heatwave/" target="_blank">https://brc.org.uk/news/corporate-affairs/footfall-slowed-during-june-heatwave/</a></p><p>[3]<a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/activitysizeandlocation/datasets/businessdemographyquarterlyexperimentalstatisticsuk" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/activitysizeandlocation/datasets/businessdemographyquarterlyexperimentalstatisticsuk</a></p><p>[4] Business deaths as the proportion of the total number of businesses in each sector. Business counts data taken from ONS business counts data here: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/activitysizeandlocation/datasets/ukbusinessactivitysizeandlocation" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/activitysizeandlocation/datasets/ukbusinessactivitysizeandlocation</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 07/09/2023 12:50:58 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1013123

registered interest
date	23/11/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Educational Exchanges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2018 to Question 191463 on Developing Countries: Educational Exchanges, how many of the 60,000 teachers and school leaders will be from (a) the UK and (b) developing countries.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	195105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>Of the 60,000 teachers and school leaders to be trained under the Connecting Classrooms through Global Learning programme (2018-2021), 50% will be UK teachers and 50% will be teachers from developing countries.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 28/11/2018 15:00:38 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

46768

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when a Minister of his Department last visited Gibraltar.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire South
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Alexander
uin	195105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>The Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Aylesbury (Mr Lidington), was the last Minister from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to visit Gibraltar, in April 2011. My right hon. Friend hopes to visit again this year.</p><p>The Minister of State for the Armed Forces, my right hon. Friend the Member for Rayleigh and Wickford (Mr Francois) visited in December 2013.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Mr William Hague question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 379 label Biography information for Lord Hague of Richmond
tabling member	632 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Alexander