§ 74. Mr. McAllionTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the number of individuals participating in the enterprise allowance scheme in Scotland and the United Kingdom in the last year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. CopeIn 1988, 101,816 people joined the enterprise allowance scheme in Great Britain, of which 9,045 were in Scotland. Since the scheme began in 1982 over 414,000 unemployed people have been helped to start their own businesses, of which 36,832 were in Scotland.