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To understand how the Bank ensures that these schemes support UK businesses, we asked about...

Conclusion
To understand how the Bank ensures that these schemes support UK businesses, we asked about the barriers that were in place for preventing the offshoring of the taxpayer- guaranteed loans. The Bank responded that a requirement of the scheme was that “the economic benefit needs to go to the company—a single individual borrower”. We asked the Treasury and the Bank how they could be sure that all the money from the schemes remained onshore in the UK. The Bank told us that “tracking the money is a very relevant thing that we will be looking at over time and have looked at” but provided no further details on how this took place in practice other than referring to the eligibility criteria 61 Qq 52–53, 160 62 C&AG’s Report, para 3.11 63 Qq 54, 56 64 Q 104 65 Q 85; C&AG’s Report, para 3.15 66 Qq 157–160 67 Q 79, 82, 85 68 C&AG’s Report, Figure 1 69 Press Release – April 1, 2020 – British Business Bank (british-business-bank.co.uk) Q3: ‘How do I know if I am eligible to apply?’; CLBILS FAQs – April 16, 2020 – British Business Bank (british-business-bank.co.uk) Q: ‘What sectors can access the scheme?’ 70 Q 149 18 Lessons from Greensill Capital: accreditation to business support schemes for the schemes. The Bank emphasised that it had released summary data for its loan schemes, showing the regional distribution across the UK.71 The Bank had not published equivalent data for CLBILS owing to data protection and commercial considerations.72
Government Response

A response document is linked to this report, dated 21 January 2022. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document.

Addressee Bodies
HM Treasury
Timeline
Recommendation age 4.8 yrs
Report published 20 Nov 2021