§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give for the enterprise allowance scheme(a) the number of entrants and (b) the total
1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 up to 12 October 1990 Region Entrants Expenditure (£ million) Entrants Expenditure (£ million) Entrants Expenditure (£ million) Entrants Expenditure (£ million) London — — — — 8,999 19.74 3,897 9.14 South East — — — — 8,264 17.59 3,709 8.12 Western Division 24,514 45.04 6,473 13.32 — — — — Eastern Division 8,224 16.19 — — — — Southern Division 7,450 15.98 — — — — South West 11,262 20.84 10,344 20.9 7,335 17.24 3,015 6.78 West Midlands 10,537 19.45 9,677 19.15 7,691 17.24 3,217 7.29 East Midlands and Eastern 11,562 20.32 9,656 19.05 7,879 17.54 3,673 7.6 Yorkshire and Humberside 10,198 18.89 9,935 19.26 8,169 17.44 3,269 7.6 North West 15,955 30.34 15,311 29.82 12,263 26.96 5,593 11.92 Northern 5,729 11.07 5,938 12.08 4,881 10.67 2,142 4.52 Wales 6,654 12.04 6,942 12.92 5,433 12.41 2,393 5.24 Scotland 9,894 17.91 8,572 17.62 6,972 14.97 3,360 6.89 Totals 106,305 195.9 98,522 196.3 77,886 171.8 34,268 75.1