Asked by: Ian Paisley (Democratic Unionist Party - North Antrim)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many schemes in Northern Ireland have been supported by the Enterprise Finance scheme; and which banks in Northern Ireland have supported those schemes.
Answered by Kelly Tolhurst
The British Business Bank’s Enterprise Finance Guarantee scheme has supported 299 loans to SMEs in Northern Ireland, with a total value of £43.6m.
There are 19 EFG Accredited Lenders for Northern Ireland, which are publicly available to view on the British Business Bank’s website.