§ Ms. ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if she will give for each region and for Great Britain as a whole for each year since April 1990(a) the number of people who were receiving the enterprise allowance scheme and (b) the amount of expenditure on the enterprise allowance scheme; what is the latest information she has on the survival of those businesses; and if she will make a statement.
§ Mr. McLoughlinInformation, by region and for Great Britain, on the numbers of people receiving the enterprise allowance at the end of the 1990–91 and 1991–92 financial years and the 1992–93 year to date is shown on table 1. Enterprise allowance scheme expenditure for 1990–91, 1991–92 and 1992–93 to date is shown on table 2.
There is no information on the survival of the businesses supported in this period.
Table 1 Number of people receiving an enterprise allowance Region 1990–91 1991–92 11992–93 London 6,494 4,611 32,385 South East 6,142 3,269 3,959 South West 4,642 3,991 3,546 West Midlands 5,025 4,173 4,471 East Midlands 5,653 4,281 34,544 Yorkshire and Humberside 5,658 4,085 34,836 North West 8,816 6,805 6,054 Northern 3,257 2,258 2,139 England 45,687 33,473 31,934 Wales 3,636 2,756 52,619 England and Wales 49,323 36,229 34,553 Scotland 5,277 2 44,400 44,254 Great Britain 54,600 40,629 38,807 Notes:
1990–91—"old" National EAS delivered by ED Area Offices.
1991–92—TEC delivered EAS, England and Wales, lee delivered in Scotland reporting to Scottish Office.
1992–93—TEC delivered, England and Wales. Welsh TECs reporting to Welsh Office. Scotland as 1991–92.
1 At mid September.
2 Estimated.
3 Understated due to incomplete TEC returns-considerably so in London.
4 Source: Scottish Office.
5 Source: Welsh Office.
Table 2 Enterprise allowance scheme: expenditure £ million Region 1990–91 1991–92 11992–93 London n/a 12.7 3.3 South East n/a 11.4 2.2 South West n/a 9.6 3.3 828W
Enterprise Allowance scheme London region Enterprise Allowance scheme participants at end of quarter AZTEC CENTEC CILNTEC LETEC NLTEC NWLTEC SOLOTEC STTEC WLTEC Total 6 January 1991 502 — — — — — — — — 502 31 March 1991 429 — — — — — — — — 429 23 June 1991 394 — — 798 — — 526 1,263 — 2,981 15 September 1991 212 — — 793 — — 483 1,309 445 3,242 5 January 1992 385 936 637 586 612 255 462 972 361 5,206 29 March 1992 367 637 621 513 580 259 450 820 356 4,611 21 June 1992 433 276 528 569 437 147 523 631 323 3,867
Region 1990–91 1991–92 11992–93 West Midlands n/a 9.9 3.3 East Midlands n/a 10.6 3.8 Yorkshire and Humberside n/a 11.2 4.0 North West n/a 16.4 5.7 Northern n/a 6.1 1.7 England n/a 87.9 27.3 Wales n/a 7.1 32.2 England and Wales n/a 95.0 29.5 Scotland n/a 210.2 23.9 Great Britain 133.0 105.2 33.4 Notes:
1990–91—"old" National EAS delivered by ED Area Offices.
1991–92—TEC delivered EAS, England and Wales, lee delivered in Scotland reporting to Scottish Office.
1992–93—TEC delivered, England and Wales. Welsh TECs reporting to Welsh Office. Scotland as 1991–92.
1 At mid September.
2 Source: Scottish Office.
3Source: Welsh Office.
§ Ms. ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many people were receiving the enterprise allowance scheme in each London training and enterprise council in each quarter since they became operational; what was the expenditure on the enterprise allowance scheme in the areas covered by each London training and enterprise council in 1991–92 and the budgets agreed for enterprise allowance scheme with each London training and enterprise council in 1992–93; and if she will make a statement.
§ Mr. McLoughlinThe statistical and financial information requested is given in the table.
Two sets of figures are given for the operating year 1991–92. One reflects total expenditure on business start-ups for the year. It includes expenditure by the Training Agency area offices, which ran the enterprise allowance scheme prior to the London training and enterprise councils commencing operation. The second shows expenditure by the training and enterprise councils alone, of whom all except one became operational during that year.
The London training and enterprise councils have built on the success of the national enterprise allowance scheme and increasingly tailored their provision in response to local need. Research has consistently shown that those small businesses with access to appropriate advice and training are more likely to remain in business beyond their first year of operation. The London training and enterprise councils therefore, in common with training and enterprise councils in other parts of the country, have developed their own integrated packages which include training and business counselling.
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Enterprise Allowance scheme participants at end of quarter AZTEC CENTEC CILNTEC LETEC NLTEC NWLTEC SOLOTEC STTEC WLTEC Total 13 September 1992 490 106 460 617 331 191 600 572 309 3,756 EAS expenditure 1991–92 (incl. AOs)1 764,260 2,020,200 1,501,887 1,441,200 1,457,548 577,486 1,046,240 2,167,180 929,200 11,913,201 EAS expenditure 1991–92 (TECs only) 764,260 969,160 649,440 1,441,200 709,640 291,900 1,046,240 1,794,260 535,760 8,201,860 EAS budget 1992–93 707,690 978,540 1,073,386 820,550 991,920 426,080 1,110,775 1,447,240 625,260 8,101,441 1 Includes expenditure by AOs in TEC areas before TECs became operational.