Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2021 to Question 78413, on SME Climate Hub, how many and what proportion of small businesses in the UK have signed up to the SME climate hub.

Currently, 2507 UK SMEs have made the SME Climate Commitment (including 14 in overseas territories, and 17 awaiting approval).

UK has by far the most signups in the world; the total constitutes just under 80% of global SME Climate Commitments, and is an order of magnitude higher than the next best country (US on 121).

Since May 2021, when the UK Business Climate Hub was launched, an average of 65 businesses per week have made the commitment. This number has accelerated to an average of 82 per week over November.

UK commitments span every devolved nation and region in the country, and 26 different sectors.