Written Question·Treasury·UIN 114121

Small Businesses: Employment

Tabled: 20 February 2026

Answered: 26 February 2026

Question

Lee Anderson

Reform UK — Ashfield

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to help SMEs to increase employment opportunities.

Answer

Lucy Rigby

We are helping SMEs grow and employ more people through our largest ever injection of capital into the British Business Bank. Over the next five years, the British Business Bank will increase annual deployment by two-thirds, aiming to unlock around £26 bi...

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