Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 191806

Help to Grow Schemes

Tabled: 29 June 2023
Answered: 6 July 2023
Named Day

Question

Lucy Powell

Labour (Co-op)Manchester Central

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she made an assessment of alternatives to the Help to Grow: Digital Scheme before announcing the closure of that scheme on 15 December 2022.

Answer

Kevin Hollinrake
The Department considered alternative options to deliver the Help to Grow: Digital scheme before announcing its closure however we could not justify its continued cost to the taxpayer due to the lower than expected take up. The decision to close the schem...

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