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Kraken Technologies

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the press release entitled ‘Business Secretary backs British scaleups with growth package and red tape review’ published on 20 January 2026, whether his Department's £25 million investment

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
21 Jan 2026
Target answer date
26 Jan 2026
Answer
28 Jan 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 21 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the press release entitled ‘Business Secretary backs British scaleups with growth package and red tape review’ published on 20 January 2026, whether his Department's £25 million investment

  2. 26 Jan 2026

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  3. 28 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    These investments were made by the British Business Bank. The Bank’s investments in aggregate are expected to generate a financial return that exceeds the Government’s cost of borrowing. In the year ended March 2025, the Bank reported a profit of £144 mil...

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