Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the amount of funding invested in small and medium-sized enterprises through venture capital trusts in (a) Northern Ireland and (b) the UK in each of the last three years.

The precise information requested is not available at reasonable cost. Venture Capital Trusts raised £440 million in 2013-14, £400 million in 2012-13 and £325 million in 2011-12 to fund their investments. HM Revenue & Customs Statistics on VCTs are published annually and can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/venture-capital-trusts-statistics