Question follow-through · 900575
Bank Services: Small Businesses
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to ensure SMEs have equitable access to finance from banks.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 17 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 23 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 23 Jun 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to ensure SMEs have equitable access to finance from banks.
23 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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23 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Government has an ambitious agenda to support UK SMEs and drive growth across bank and non-bank lending. We have increased the British Business Bank’s funding, bringing their capacity to £25.6bn, to support initiatives such as the Growth Guarantee Sch...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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