§ Mr. BattleTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will set out the amounts available each week for the enterprise allowance scheme for the last eight years up to and including the current year; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. JacksonThe amount available to participants in the enterprise allowance scheme has remained the same for the last eight years at £40 weekly for up to 52 weeks. However in the financial year 1991–92, training and enterprise councils (TECs), and local enterprise companies (LECs) in Scotland, have the flexibility to pay regular amounts of between £20 and £90 weekly for between 26 and 66 weeks. This flexibility will help TECs and LECs to further improve the quality and survival rate of businesses supported by the scheme.