Question follow-through · 1862
Bounce Back Loan Scheme and Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent estimate his Department has made of the level of credit losses arising from fraudulent loans provided through the (a) Bounce Back Loans Scheme and (b) Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 25 Jul 2024
- Target answer date
- 30 Jul 2024
- Answer
- 2 Aug 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent estimate his Department has made of the level of credit losses arising from fraudulent loans provided through the (a) Bounce Back Loans Scheme and (b) Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan
30 Jul 2024
Target answer date
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2 Aug 2024
Answer published
As at March 2024, £1.51 billion has been paid out on the government guarantee on BBLS loans where there was lender reported suspected fraud, and £19.8 million has been paid out on the government guarantee on CBILS loans where there was lender reported sus...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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