Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many businesses have participated in the Help to Grow: Management and the Help to Grow: Digital schemes.

Since courses began in July 2021, 1,270 business leaders have been onboarded and 402 have completed the Help to Grow: Management programme.

The programme is a 12-week course designed to equip businesses with the knowledge and skills they need to boost performance and reach their full growth potential.

Help to Grow: Digital launched on 20 January 2022 and aims to support up to 100,000 small businesses with online advice and a discount for software costs.