Question follow-through · 18963
Small Businesses: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what recent steps he has taken to support access to finance for SMEs in (a) Lincolnshire and (b) other rural areas.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
- Tabled
- 15 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 1 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 7 Sept 2026 · 54 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
15 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what recent steps he has taken to support access to finance for SMEs in (a) Lincolnshire and (b) other rural areas.
1 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Sept 2026
Answer published
The government is committed to improving access to finance, helping smaller businesses in Lincolnshire and across the United Kingdom secure the funding they need to grow and drive economic growth.The Business Growth Service (BGS) www.business.gov.uk, laun...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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