HC Deb 29 January 1996 vol 270 c567W
Mrs. Roche

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to his answer of 15 January,Official Report, column 357, how many start-ups in each of his tables benefited from (a) start-up grants, (b) survival grants and (c) both. [11945]

Mr. Paice

All starts received a start-up grant. The number of 52-week survival grants paid in 1993–94 and 1994–95 is given in the following table. All survivors, therefore, received both start-up and survival grants.

Business start-up scheme: 52 week survivors in England
Year 52-week survivors
1993–94 25,282
1994–95 24,344