New Businesses: Disability
Commons · Question 28277 · Tabled 8 Sep 2026 · Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade · Official record
Answered 14 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Claire Young
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the level of the barriers faced by disabled people in accessing start up funding; and what steps he plans to take to reduce them.
Answer
Answered by Chris McDonald, 14 Sep 2026
The Department's work through the Lilac Review with Small Business Britain has supported research into the barriers faced by disabled people in accessing start up finance.In response to this the Disability Finance Code for Entrepreneurship (DFCE) was laun...