HC Deb 16 March 1993 vol 221 c197W
20. Dr. Lynne Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what has been the annual expenditure on enterprise allowance since its inception.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

Annual expenditure on the enterprise allowance scheme (EAS) and its successor since 1991–92, the business start-up scheme (BSUS), is as follows:

£ millions (GB)
1982–83 2.4
1983–84 23.2
1984–85 76.7
1985–86 103.9
1986–87 143.4
1987–88 195.9
1988–89 196.7
1989–90 170.9
1990–91 133.0
1991–92 105.2