PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Business: Ownership (1 December 2022)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many and what proportion of businesses are owned by women in Wirral South.
Asked by:
Alison McGovern (Labour)
Asked by:
Alison McGovern (Labour)
Answer
In the UK in 2021, 19% of SMEs with employees (a three-percentage point increase on 2020) and 20% of firms with no employees (21% in 2020) were female-led. The government does not hold regional data relating to the proportion of female-led business.
The Rose Review is supported by the industry-led ‘Rose Review Council for Investing in Female Entrepreneurs’ that aims to coordinate industry-led action to increase investment into female-led businesses.
The Government has set an ambition to increase the number of female entrepreneurs by half by 2030, equivalent to 600,000 new entrepreneurs.
Answered by:
Kevin Hollinrake (Conservative)
9 December 2022
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