Question follow-through · 127454
Venture Capital
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of regional distribution of venture capital investment; and what steps she is taking to increase investment flows to the North East.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 15 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 20 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 20 Apr 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
15 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of regional distribution of venture capital investment; and what steps she is taking to increase investment flows to the North East.
20 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Apr 2026
Answer published
The number of equity deals in the North East increased 8.6% year on year in 2024, to 63 deals. Comparatively, London’s dominance of the UK equity market reduced slightly in 2024, with the share of deals in the capital dropping from 50.8% to 47.1% year-on-...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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