Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many start-up businesses have participated in the Early Stage Accelerator programme since it began.

So far, 23 individuals are participating in the current programme which started on 12 September.

The early stage accelerator programme, called HutZero, is part of the Government’s strategy to promote the UK cyber security industry, and is designed to transform early stage ideas into workable proposals and potential new businesses. The programme supports individuals at the very start of their entrepreneurial journey.