Business: Loans
Commons · Question 109031 · Tabled 27 Jan 2026 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record
Answered 2 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by James McMurdock
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled ‘UK lenders step up with £11 billion push to back British businesses’ published on 26 January 2026, what assessment he has made of the potentia
Answer
Answered by Chris Bryant, 2 Feb 2026
The package is a commitment from the UK’s top high-street banks to lend more to small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) using UKEF’s guarantee, to boost UK exports and economic growth. It signals to SMEs that want to export that there is a dedicated poo...