Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Answer of 16 March 2015 to Question 227103, how many businesses (a) applied for and (b) were granted Growth Vouchers to date.
Up until the programme closed for applications, 30,020 businesses applied for a growth voucher. Of those that applied, 27,117 went on to complete a face-to-face or online business assessment and of those, 19,713 were allocated a growth voucher.