Written question asked by Andrew George (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 20 April 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 22 April 2009. It was answered by Baroness Winterton of Doncaster (Labour) on Wednesday, 15 July 2009 on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

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Business: Government Assistance

Question

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Hertford and Stortford of 2 April 2009, Official Report, column 1443W, on the Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme, how many applications have been received for guarantees under the Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme to date; how many of those applications have been eligible for help under the scheme; what the monetary value of such guarantees applied for by eligible applicants to date is; how many eligible applications have been processed and approved to date; and what the monetary value of such guarantees processed and approved to date is.