HC Deb 16 May 1989 vol 153 c158W
15. Miss Widdecombe

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make a statement on the progress of the enterprise allowance scheme.

Mr. Cope

430,000 people have started their own business under the enterprise allowance scheme since it began in 1982. Some 87,000 people are currently in receipt of the allowance.