questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the average time for SMEs to receive a decision on bank loan applications.
answerText: The department does not currently collect information on trends in the average time for SMEs to receive a decision on bank loan applications. Last year, the Government’s call for evidence on small business access to finance found that the shift to digital...
heading: Small Businesses: Loans