HC Deb 08 March 1994 vol 239 c183W
Mr. Tony Lloyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many people have participated in(a) business start-up and (b) the enterprise allowance scheme in each year since their inception.

Miss Widdecombe

The information requested is given in the following table. I expect the business start-up scheme to continue to help those people wishing to set up in business and that the additional funding announced by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the March 1993 Budget will help more people in 1993–94.

Enterprise Allowance Scheme (EAS)1 Business Start-up Scheme (BSUS)Entrants 1982–83—1993—94 Great Britain
Year Number
1982–83 2,500
1983–84 27,600
1984–85 46,000
1985–86 60,000
1986–87 86,800
1987–88 106,300
1988–89 98,500
1989–90 78,000
1990–91 60,000
1991–92 50,000
1992–93 41,000
April-November 1993 24,900

Sources: Training Statistics

TEC Operating Agreement (Annex J)

Scottish Office MIS

Welsh Office MIS

1 The EAS was replaced by BSUS on April 1991