Foot and Mouth (Hansard, 25 June 2001)

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§ Mr. Peter Ainsworth
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many tourism businesses have(a) applied for and (b) received loans under the Business Loan Guarantee Scheme in connection with the impact of foot and mouth disease. [134]
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§ Nigel Griffiths
No information is available on the number of businesses that have approached lenders.
Of the new loans that have been guaranteed by the Small Business Service, where the application forms identify that the businesses have been affected by foot and mouth disease, four of them are considered to be tourism related.