Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department has taken to increase opportunities for economic growth in (a) Enfield North constituency, (b) the London Borough of Enfield and (c) London in the last three years.

The Department for Business and Trade supports businesses to invest, grow and export, creating jobs and opportunities across the whole country including Enfield and wider London.

For example, as of August 2023, the Department provided Start Up Loans worth over £2.2m to local businesses in Enfield North.

£14.76m has been awarded to Energetik, an Enfield council-owned heating company developing low carbon infrastructure. A further £1m for Enfield's Retrofit Accelerator Programme is generating green jobs in construction, manufacturing, and project management.

London has also benefited from the national Help to Grow scheme which supports small and medium sized enterprises across the UK.