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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of July 2021 to Question 21917 on Small Businesses: Advisory Services, how many (a) women, (b) men, and (c) BAME people have completed the Small Business Leadership Programme.

Evaluation on completions is ongoing and is scheduled for the end of December. Across England, 3,005 participants enrolled onto the Small Business Leadership Programme between October 2020 and June 2021: 1170 participants (39%) were women and 1771 (59%) were men. Approximately 15% of participants (456) are considered to be from a BAME background. ^[1]Completion data will differ as some participants may not complete the programme.

[1]SBLP Evaluation partner analysis, 2020.