§ Mr. Nicholas BennettTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will revise the regulations concerning the enterprise allowance scheme to enable unemployed persons not in receipt of income support to be considered for assistance under the scheme.
§ Mr. NichollsNo. The specific purpose of the enterprise allowance scheme is to help those unemployed people who would like to set up in business but are deterred from doing so because they would lose their entitlement to unemployment benefit or income support. I have no plans to change the purpose of this scheme.