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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the impact of worldwide component shortages on small businesses in the UK.

The Department is working closely with businesses and key industry groups, including those representing SMEs, to understand the key supply chain risks and shortages that they are facing. Due to the potential commercial sensitivity of this type of information we do not routinely make this information public.