| Heading: |
Small Businesses: Loans |
| Question ID: |
1802983 |
| UIN: |
52451 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-14 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5193 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Callum Anderson
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| Asking Member handle: |
_CallumAnderson
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@_CallumAnderson
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what data his Department holds on lending approval rates for SMEs applying for finance to invest in (a) technology, (b) commercial premises and (c) workforce training since 2022. |
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false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-03 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
177 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Gareth Thomas
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| Answering Member handle: |
GarethThomasMP
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@GarethThomasMP
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| Answer text: |
Earlier this year, DBT launched a call for evidence on access to finance to better understand the barriers that SMEs experience when applying for loans. However, currently available results from the SME Finance Monitor provides the following data on SMEs ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
214 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Business and Trade |
| Tweeted: |
true |