Question follow-through · 128785
Business: Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy in the level of availability of private sector green finance for business energy efficiency projects.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 21 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 23 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 28 Apr 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy in the level of availability of private sector green finance for business energy efficiency projects.
23 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Apr 2026
Answer published
The Government recognises the importance of green finance as it is one of the fastest growing sub-sectors of a low carbon economy.The British Business Bank’s Green Growth Guarantee helps increase the supply of affordable finance for businesses investing i...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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