Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many start-up loans have been granted to businesses in (a) Mid Sussex constituency and (b) West Sussex in the last five years. [178278]
Matthew Hancock, Minister of State for Skills and Enterprise: Start-Up Loan data is not collected by constituency.
Since the launch of the Start-Up Loan scheme in September 2012, 10 loans with a value of £88,400 have been made in Mid Sussex and 120 loans with a value of £841,719 have been made in West Sussex.