Question follow-through · 32028
New Businesses: Capital Investment
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to improve access to growth capital for tech startups at (a) the scale-up stage and (b) other stages.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 21 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 25 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 3 Mar 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to improve access to growth capital for tech startups at (a) the scale-up stage and (b) other stages.
25 Feb 2025
Target answer date
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3 Mar 2025
Answer published
The Government is committed to improving access to growth capital for startups and scaleups, recognising their vital role in driving economic growth and innovation.At Autumn Budget, the Government provided over £1bn across the years 2024-25 and 2025-26 fo...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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