Question follow-through · 61138
Life Sciences: Venture Capital
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the British Business Bank's publication Small Business Equity Tracker 2024, if she will make a comparative assessment of (a) venture capital investment in the life sciences in the UK and the US and
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 19 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 23 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 27 Jun 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
19 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the British Business Bank's publication Small Business Equity Tracker 2024, if she will make a comparative assessment of (a) venture capital investment in the life sciences in the UK and the US and
23 Jun 2025
Target answer date
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27 Jun 2025
Answer published
The UK remains Europe’s leading destination for life sciences venture capital (VC) investment, according to the British Business Bank’s Small Business Equity Tracker 2024. The US market is larger in scale, supporting late-stage growth with deeper capital ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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