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<p>A statistical release covering take-up of the Employment Allowance, including regional
and constituency data, is already scheduled for publication on the 7<sup>th</sup>
November.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The release will cover take-up for the first
six months of 2014-15. The scheme as a whole has enjoyed good take-up so far. A press
release from July 2014 announced that by the end of June around 725,000 businesses
and charities; including around 72,000 in the East of England, around 616,000 in England,
and around 30,000 in Wales had benefitted from the allowance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
</p><p>This demonstrates the Government’s commitment to reducing the costs of employment
for small businesses across the UK.</p><p> </p>
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