Kate Dearden corrected a written answer on Personal Care Services

3 February 2026 · Commons written answer · Department for Business and Trade

John Grady (Labour, Glasgow East) asked written question 108423 on 26 January 2026. Kate Dearden answered on 3 February 2026 for the Department for Business and Trade, and Kate Dearden corrected the answer on 3 February 2026. The correction replaced 5 figures (50,000, £10 million, £4.3 billion, £725 million, £820 million) with 3 figures (£1000, £4.3bn, £50,270). Altogether 387 words differ between the two versions.

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to provide support for small businesses in the Hair and Beauty sector.

Original and corrected answer

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~~The Government recognises~~ the ~~vital importance of the hospitality sector, particularly~~ in ~~rural~~ and ~~coastal areas, in providing employment opportunities for young people and supporting~~ local economies. ~~We have put in place a range of measures to ease cost pressures on the sector, including~~ permanently ~~lowering the~~ business rates ~~multiplier~~ for ~~eligible~~ retail, hospitality and leisure ~~properties, alongside a £4.3 billion business rates support package~~ to ~~protect~~ ratepayers from ~~increases following~~ the revaluation. Building on this, From April, every pub and live music venue will get 15% off its new business rates bill on top of the support announced at Budget and then bills will be frozen in real terms for a ~~further two years. The pub and hotel sector has also raised concerns about valuation, which~~ the government agrees need to be addressed. We are therefore launching a review into how they are valued for business rates. To go even further, we are more than doubling the Hospitality Support Fund, providing £10 million over three years to help local hospitality businesses diversify, improve productivity, and support people into jobs. We are also investing significantly in young people's skills and opportunities. This includes £820 million for the Youth Guarantee and £725 million through the Growth and Skills Levy, ensuring young people have the support they need to earn or learn. We will support 50,000 young people into apprenticeships in England by fully funding apprenticeship training costs for ~~all eligible 16-24 year-olds, expanding foundation apprenticeships~~ to ~~hospitality,~~ and ~~extending~~ the ~~Destination Hospitality Sector-based Work Academy Programme pilot, launched in partnership~~ with ~~UKHospitality.~~	Small businesses in the hair and beauty sector play an important role in supporting jobs, high streets and local economies. We've introduced permanently lower business rates for retail, hospitality and leisure properties and have provided £4.3bn to shield ratepayers from bill increases. We continue to back employers who take on apprentices, by providing £1,000 to both employers and training providers when they take on apprentices aged under 19 and employers are not required to pay National Insurance Contributions for all apprentices aged up to age 25 (when the employee's wage is below £50,270 a year). Additionally, the government pays the full training costs for young apprentices aged 16 to 21, and for apprentices aged 22 to 24 who have an Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan or have been in local authority care, when their employer has fewer than 50 employees. I will continue to engage closely with the sector, including through the Personal Care Roundtables, to ensure the industry's long-term growth. This includes working with hair and beauty businesses as we bring forward a new High Streets Strategy later this year.

Original

Corrected

~~The Government recognises~~ the ~~vital importance of the hospitality sector, particularly~~ in ~~rural~~ and ~~coastal areas, in providing employment opportunities for young people and supporting~~ local economies. ~~We have put in place a range of measures to ease cost pressures on the sector, including~~ permanently ~~lowering the~~ business rates ~~multiplier~~ for ~~eligible~~ retail, hospitality and leisure ~~properties, alongside a £4.3 billion business rates support package~~ to ~~protect~~ ratepayers from ~~increases following~~ the revaluation.
Building on this, From April, every pub and live music venue will get 15% off its new business rates bill on top of the support announced at Budget and then bills will be frozen in real terms for a ~~further two years. The pub and hotel sector has also raised concerns about valuation, which~~ the government agrees need to be addressed. We are therefore launching a review into how they are valued for business rates.
To go even further, we are more than doubling the Hospitality Support Fund, providing £10 million over three years to help local hospitality businesses diversify, improve productivity, and support people into jobs.
We are also investing significantly in young people's skills and opportunities. This includes £820 million for the Youth Guarantee and £725 million through the Growth and Skills Levy, ensuring young people have the support they need to earn or learn. We will support 50,000 young people into apprenticeships in England by fully funding apprenticeship training costs for ~~all eligible 16-24 year-olds, expanding foundation apprenticeships~~ to ~~hospitality,~~ and ~~extending~~ the ~~Destination Hospitality Sector-based Work Academy Programme pilot, launched in partnership~~ with ~~UKHospitality.~~

Small businesses in the hair and beauty sector play an important role in supporting jobs, high streets and local economies. We've introduced permanently lower business rates for retail, hospitality and leisure properties and have provided £4.3bn to shield ratepayers from bill increases.
We continue to back employers who take on apprentices, by providing £1,000 to both employers and training providers when they take on apprentices aged under 19 and employers are not required to pay National Insurance Contributions for all apprentices aged up to age 25 (when the employee's wage is below £50,270 a year). Additionally, the government pays the full training costs for young apprentices aged 16 to 21, and for apprentices aged 22 to 24 who have an Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan or have been in local authority care, when their employer has fewer than 50 employees.
I will continue to engage closely with the sector, including through the Personal Care Roundtables, to ensure the industry's long-term growth. This includes working with hair and beauty businesses as we bring forward a new High Streets Strategy later this year.

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Date read	15 October 2026
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