PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
New Enterprise Allowance (11 June 2014)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have received the New Enterprise Allowance since its commencement; and how many such people have subsequently (a) returned to jobseeker's allowance and (b) registered with HM Revenue and Customs as self-employed.
Asked by:
Sir Stephen Timms (Labour)
Asked by:
Sir Stephen Timms (Labour)
Answer
The number of New Enterprise Allowance starts since its commencement is regularly published by the Department and can be found at the following link:
The Department has made an assessment of number of New Enterprise Allowance participants returning to any out-of-work benefit, in the following published analysis. This suggests that 78% of people who started drawing the New Enterprise Allowance remained off benefit continuously for 12 months.
With regards to the number registered with HM Revenue and Customs; the Department does not hold individual level data on self-employment with which we would be able to make this assessment.
Answered by:
Esther McVey (Conservative)
16 June 2014
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