Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 18320

Business: Women

Tabled: 13 July 2026
Answered: 20 July 2026

Question

Callum Anderson

LabourBuckingham and Bletchley

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate he has made of the economic contribution of female-led businesses to UK gross value added.

Answer

Blair McDougall
While the Department has not made an estimate of the economic contribution of female-led businesses to UK gross value added (GVA), independent research demonstrates the significant contribution that women-led businesses make to the UK economy.The Alison R...

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