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<p><strong> </strong></p><p>Between April 2011 and December 2017, New Enterprise Allowance
has supported over 113,000 people to start their own business.</p><p> </p><p>The Departmental
spend on New Enterprise Allowance (NEA), comprising contracted mentoring costs and
Allowance payments to participants who had started to trade from 2013/14 is set out
in the table below:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>£m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total
NEA spend</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>58.8</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>44.2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20.2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>29.1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>22.1</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p> </p><p>The reducing spend reflects:</p><p> </p><ol><li>Rising
employment rates</li><li>The introduction of the Link Up Start Up (LUSU) workshop
in April 2017 (to assess the viability of a claimant’s business) prior to starting
on NEA</li><li>A refund of costs in 2015/16 from suppliers from the Grant Funded phase
of the NEA which ended in December 2014.</li></ol>
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