§ Mr. RooneyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many people in each of the last five years qualified for assistance on(a) the enterprise allowance scheme and (b) the business start-up scheme in each standard region and Great Britain as a whole; and what was the annual expenditure in each year. [12172]
§ Mr. Andrew SmithThe enterprise allowance scheme was replaced in 1991–92 by the business start-up scheme which, in turn, was absorbed within the single regeneration budget in 1994–95. The precise information requested is not available, but starts by Government office region are available for 1994–95 and are given in table 1 and total expenditure and number of starts in England for each year of the programme are given in table 2.
Table 1: Business start-up scheme: Starts by English region 1994–95 Region Starts South East 2,393 London 3,081 Eastern 1,925 South West 2,801 West Midlands 1,576 East Midlands 3,042 Yorkshire and The Humber 3,402 Merseyside 1,356 North West 3,058 North East 1,602
align="center">Table2: Business start-up scheme: Starts and expenditure in England Year Starts Expenditure (£ million) 1992–93 33,600 62.0 1993–94 34,700 82.0 1994–95 24,236 63.8