Alun Cairns – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Alun Cairns on 2014-04-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the performance of the Start Up Loan scheme in Wales to date; what the take-up has been under this scheme to date; and how much has been lent to which businesses in each constituency in Wales in each of the last three years.
Matthew Hancock
The Start-Up Loans Scheme was extended to Wales in October 2013. To date 249 loans have been committed with a value of over £1.52m.
The table below sets the number of loans made in each constituency and their value:
|
Welsh constituencies |
Number of loans |
Value of loans |
|
Aberavon |
6 |
£38,700 |
|
Aberconwy |
2 |
£10,500 |
|
Arfon |
2 |
£24,000 |
|
Blaenau Gwent |
5 |
£12,000 |
|
Brecon and Radnorshire |
2 |
£7,500 |
|
Bridgend |
9 |
£58,000 |
|
Caerphilly |
7 |
£42,250 |
|
Cardiff Central |
6 |
£37,500 |
|
Cardiff North |
5 |
£41,500 |
|
Cardiff South and Penarth |
12 |
£83,600 |
|
Cardiff West |
6 |
£55,500 |
|
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr |
9 |
£49,250 |
|
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire |
12 |
£35,000 |
|
Ceredigion |
7 |
£19,100 |
|
Clwyd South |
7 |
£54,500 |
|
Clwyd West |
8 |
£43,500 |
|
Cynon Valley |
8 |
£35,000 |
|
Delyn |
1 |
£5,000 |
|
Dwyfor Meirionnydd |
2 |
£22,000 |
|
Gower |
13 |
£50,500 |
|
Islwyn |
5 |
£35,550 |
|
Llanelli |
7 |
£27,000 |
|
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney |
7 |
£53,000 |
|
Monmouth |
10 |
£75,284 |
|
Montgomeryshire |
7 |
£36,500 |
|
Neath |
4 |
£9,500 |
|
Newport East |
11 |
£77,470 |
|
Newport West |
11 |
£78,350 |
|
Ogmore |
4 |
£23,998 |
|
Pontypridd |
6 |
£36,000 |
|
Preseli Pembrokeshire |
6 |
£23,000 |
|
Rhondda |
6 |
£36,300 |
|
Swansea East |
8 |
£47,500 |
|
Swansea West |
8 |
£57,650 |
|
Torfaen |
6 |
£91,000 |
|
Vale of Clwyd |
3 |
£12,000 |
|
Vale of Glamorgan |
5 |
£21,000 |
|
Wrexham |
2 |
£12,500 |
|
Ynys M“n |
4 |
£47,500 |
