Business Expansion Scheme

HC Deb 24 June 1986 vol 100 c99W

18. Mr. Beaumont-Dark

asked the Paymaster General how much has been raised to date under the business expansion scheme.

Mr. Trippier

Inland Revenue statitics indicate that a total of £252 million was raised by 1,403 companies under the business expansion scheme in the first two years of its operation—1983–84 and 1984–85.