Small Firms Loan Guarantee Scheme
Philip Dunne questions the Government over the number of businesses that have successfully applied for a Small Firms Loan Guarantee.
Mr. Dunne: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many businesses have made successful applications for a Small Firms Loans Guarantee; and how much has been guaranteed under the scheme in each year from 2002-03 to 2007-08. [267578]
Ian Pearson [holding answer 27 March 2009] : For figures on the value and volume of loans made under SFLG in each of the last five years, I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 26 November 2008, Official Report, column 1947W, to the hon. Member for Rutland and Melton (Alan Duncan). [which then refers here] Figures on the distribution of SFLG lending across all regions of England for financial years 2000-01 to 2006-07 are set out in the Small Firms Loan Guarantee Annual Report to Parliament 2006-07. Copies of the Annual Reports are placed in the Libraries of the House.
