Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of trends in net lending to small and medium-sized businesses by (a) banks and (b) peer-to-peer platforms since the EU referendum in June 2016.

The Treasury has not made a formal assessment of peer-to-peer lending volumes since the EU referendum.

Data on bank lending to businesses can be found in Table A8.1 of the Bank of England’s Bankstats releases at:

http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/statistics/Pages/bankstats/default.aspx