Mr. John David Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many persons and firms are registered with the enterprise allowance scheme; how often payments are issued; and on how many occasions payments were delayed during the two months ended 31 March due to a breakdown in the supporting computer system.
§ Mr. ViggersA total of 2,143 persons representing 2,054 small businesses are currently receiving assistance under the enterprise allowance scheme.
Payments to participants on the scheme are issued fortnightly in remittances of £80 on each second Tuesday of the 52-week period of payment.
During the two months ended 31 March 1987 there were two occurrences of a one-day delay in the issue of payments caused by temporary computer problems.