Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) providers of New Enterprise Allowance 2 to (a) maintain and (b) extend self-employment support to jobseekers.

DWP is committed to support to people in, or considering, self-employment to progress to sustained financial self-sufficiency. The Department is looking at the options for the best way to continue to provide support to this group following the current contract cycle.