PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Aerospace Industry: East Midlands (22 July 2020)

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what support his Department is providing to (a) Rolls-Royce, (b) Bombardier and (c) other such companies located in the East Midlands; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by:
Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat)

The advanced manufacturing sector is benefiting from the Government’s £330 billion Covid-19 business support package, including those businesses based in the East Midlands.

This support includes the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme, which has seen 60,409 loans approved worth £13.68 billion; the Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme, which has seen 516 approved loans totalling £3.5 billion; and the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, which has helped 1.2 million employers across the UK to furlough 9.6 million jobs.

Answered by:
Nadhim Zahawi (Conservative)
1 September 2020