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Small Businesses: Loans

Commons · Question 9538 · Tabled 15 Jun 2026 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 23 Jun 2026

Question

Asked by Damian Hinds

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, further to the Answer of 11 June 2026 to Question 7122, if he will collect data on the average time for SMEs to receive a decision on bank loan applications.

Answer

Answered by Blair McDougall, 23 Jun 2026

The Department for Business and Trade does not currently have plans to collect information on trends in the average time for SMEs to receive a decision on bank loan applications.