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Small Businesses: Loans

Asked by Callum AndersonLabourDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 21 May 2025UIN 52450

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many SMEs located in (a) Buckinghamshire and (b) Milton Keynes in receipt of British Business Bank support in the last 12 months also sought finance from high street banks.

Answered by Gareth Thomas

The Department for Business and Trade does not hold data relating to businesses also seeking finance from high street banks.

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