Question follow-through · 31850
Small Businesses: Government Assistance
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he plans to take to improve his Department’s support for UK SMEs.
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 21 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 26 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 26 Feb 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he plans to take to improve his Department’s support for UK SMEs.
26 Feb 2025
Target answer date
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26 Feb 2025
Answer published
The Department is committed to improving support for SMEs, working cross-government to remove barriers to growth, ensuring that SMEs have access to resources and expertise needed to develop and scale. For example, over the last 2 years, Innovate UK has aw...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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