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Banks: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed Growth Allowance within the ring-fencing reforms on the availability of finance for small and medium-sized enterprises across the UK.

answeredTreasury

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Answering body: Treasury
Tabled: 18 May 2026
Target answer date: 20 May 2026
Answer: 26 May 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

18 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed Growth Allowance within the ring-fencing reforms on the availability of finance for small and medium-sized enterprises across the UK.
20 May 2026
Target answer date
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26 May 2026
Answer published
This Government published the outcome of its review of the ring-fencing regime on 18 May, fulfilling the Chancellor’s commitment to uphold the regime while taking forward meaningful reform. This included plans to introduce a New Growth Allowance to enable...

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