United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 24361
Universities: New Businesses
Introduced
28 August 2026
Last action
4 September 2026 · Answer
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Answered
Sponsors
Callum Anderson
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Discovery layer
Source updated
4 September 2026
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the availability of later-stage capital on the ability of university spin-out companies to scale in the UK.
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28 August 2026
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the availability of later-stage capital on the ability of university spin-out companies to scale in the UK.
Source: Commons
4 September 2026
Answer
Since 2015, the UK has grown share of global VC investment at all stages. It now matches the Bay Area at early stage, though still lags at breakout and late stages. UK companies also progress between VC rounds at a higher rate than European peers.To impro...
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- Callum Anderson · Labour · Commons
- · Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade · Answering body
- Chris McDonald · Labour · Answering member
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-08-28/24361
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1934789
- uk · wq-1934789 · source updated 4 September 2026