§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Paymaster General if he will give a breakdown by month of (a) the numbers being accepted onto the enterprise allowance scheme since its inception and (b) the total number in receipt of the enterprise allowance for each month since its inception for (i) England and (ii) Wales.
§ Mr. TrippierSeparate figures for the numbers accepted onto the enterprise allowance scheme in England and Wales were not available until January 1985. Until this time they were calculated on a national basis.
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Entrants and recipients of enterprise allowance scheme England Wales Month Entrants Recipients Entrants Recipients 1983 August 3,380 — 307 —
England Wales Month Entrants Recipients Entrants Recipients September 3,338 — 266 — October 4,243 — 315 — November 3,284 — 252 — December 2,091 — 162 — 1984 January 2,697 — 220 — February 2,193 — 168 — March 1,973 — 169 — April 2,658 — 166 — May 2,950 — 228 — June 3,281 — 245 — July 4,428 — 323 — August 2,812 — 179 — September 3,089 — 228 — October 4,090 — 300 — November 3,185 — 265 — December 2,661 32,932 161 2,437 1985 January 2,931 33,631 311 2,551 February 3,699 34,072 252 2,574 March 3,649 35,400 300 2,711 April 5,237 38,196 381 2,832 May 4,231 40,981 336 3,016 June 3,939 42,090 323 3,109 July 4,654 42,882 353 3,199 August 3,197 42,824 302 3,208 September 4,530 43,182 328 3,293 October 3,939 43,861 326 3,340 November 4,073 44,544 343 3,387 December 3,255 45,404 292 3,516 1986 January 3,640 45,864 294 3,566 February 4,179 49,306 324 3,575 March 5,784 47,414 457 3,614 April 6,075 47,014 416 3,739 May 5,592 49,071 459 3,900 June 6,977 50,443 558 4,117 July 5,198 51,984 424 4,284 August 4,547 53,381 384 4,376 September 6,850 55,150 561 4,508 October 6,169 57,074 432 4,657 November 6,316 59,214 456 4,753 December 5,657 61,891 408 4,869