Question follow-through · 27044
Bounce Back Loan Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the bounce back loan scheme implemented during the Covid-19 pandemic; and what assessment he has made of trends in the level of repayment
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 28 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 30 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 3 Feb 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the bounce back loan scheme implemented during the Covid-19 pandemic; and what assessment he has made of trends in the level of repayment
30 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Feb 2025
Answer published
The British Business Bank is undertaking a multi-year evaluation of the Covid-19 loan schemes, looking at whether the schemes met their objectives. The Year 2 evaluation report was published in November 2023 and shows that the schemes met their primary ob...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Postal Services: Scotland
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Small Businesses: Coronavirus
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Digital Technology: Consumers
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