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<p>As of 22 April, over £2.8bn worth of loans have been issued under the Coronavirus
Business Interruption Loan Scheme across all sectors, to over 16,600 businesses. At
this time we cannot provide a breakdown of funding by sector, as we have given lenders
a temporary dispensation from uploading their data to the British Business Bank’s
system in order to let them focus on issuing new loans. This is a pragmatic step that
reflects the urgency of getting loans issued. We are working with the British Business
Bank, HM Treasury and lenders on regular and transparent data publication going forward.</p><p>
</p><p>Applications for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) opened on Monday
20<sup>th</sup> April. As of Thursday 23<sup>rd</sup> April HMRC had received about
512,000 claims with a total value of about £4.5bn. This is a new scheme and HMRC are
currently working through the analysis they will be able to provide based on the data
available. HMRC will make the timescales for publication and the types of data available
in due course.</p>
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