| Heading: |
Venture Capital: Equality |
| Question ID: |
1794363 |
| UIN: |
45742 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-17 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4591 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Sarah Olney
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| Asking Member handle: |
sarahjolney1
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@sarahjolney1
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make his policy to require venture capital firms to (a) record and (b) publish the diversity of founders receiving investment. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-29 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4631 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Sarah Jones
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| Answering Member handle: |
LabourSJ
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@LabourSJ
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| Answer text: |
The Department is working to improve access to finance for diverse founders. An example of one initiative is the Investing in Women Code.It was established in 2019 as a recommendation of the Alison Rose Review to increase transparency and data reporting o... |
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| Answering body ID: |
214 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Business and Trade |
| Tweeted: |
true |