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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-09-02more like thismore than 2019-09-02
answering body
Treasury more like this
answering dept id 14 more like this
answering dept short name Treasury more like this
answering dept sort name Treasury more like this
hansard heading Parents: New Businesses more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he has taken to encourage (a) working parents and (b) working mothers to start their own business. more like this
tabling member constituency Belfast South more like this
tabling member printed
Emma Little Pengelly more like this
uin 284317 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-09-09more like thismore than 2019-09-09
answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting entrepreneurs and removing barriers for would-be entrepreneurs. To support this aim, the Government has extended the Start-up Loans Programme until 2021 which will provide up to 10,000 loans to potential entrepreneurs to help them start a business.</p><p> </p><p>The parental pay and leave system gives working parents the choice and flexibility they need to balance work with the demands of starting and growing a family.</p><p> </p><p>For mothers in particular, in response to the Alison Rose Review on female entrepreneurship, the Government has announced its ambition to increase the number of female entrepreneurs by half by 2030, equivalent to nearly 600,000 additional female entrepreneurs. To support this, we have launched the Investing in Women Code which has 18 signatories from the financial services sector who are committed to improving female entrepreneurs’ access to tools, resources and finance.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) more like this
answering member printed Rishi Sunak more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-09-09T09:24:43.467Zmore like thismore than 2019-09-09T09:24:43.467Z
answering member
4483
label Biography information for Rishi Sunak more like this
tabling member
4611
label Biography information for Emma Little Pengelly more like this