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British Business Bank: Disclosure of Information

Asked by Gareth DaviesConservativeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 2 December 2025UIN 93991

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how the British Business Bank plans to measure and publish outcomes relating to its strategic objective to Unlock the potential in people and places, including how it will track and report the number of jobs created, regional investment disparities, and when those metrics will first be published.

Answered by Blair McDougall

The British Business Bank measures and publishes the outcomes of its interventions and its assessment of the market for small business finance in the UK across several publications:

  • The Bank’s Annual Report and Accounts
  • An annual Impact Report
  • Independent evaluation reports on individual programmes, such as the Regions and Nations Investment Funds
  • Research reports including an annual assessment of small business finance markets and a Nations and Regions Tracker

The next Small Business Finance Markets report is planned to be published in February/March 2026, with the Annual Report and Impact Report in July/August 2026.

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