{"value":{"id":1471663,"askingMemberId":1487,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2022-06-20T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2022-06-22T00:00:00","uin":"21116","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support local businesses in (a) Bournemouth and (b) England.","answeringBodyId":201,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4414,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2022-06-28T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The Government is investing £375,000 in Dorset’s Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) to support local businesses in Bournemouth and across Dorset. We have also invested £231,000 in the Dorset Gateway to provide fully funded business support for a range of businesses including SMEs and start-ups. During Covid, we provided nearly £27 billion to local authorities across England through a package of business support including the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, business rates relief, grants and loans. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council received £240m of business grant support and reported making over 34,000 payments worth £167m to their businesses.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Business: Government Assistance","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1471663","method":"GET"}]}