New Enterprise Allowance

(asked on 23rd February 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications to the National Enterprise Allowance scheme were rejected in each of the last five years.


Answered by
Priti Patel Portrait
Priti Patel
This question was answered on 2nd March 2016

The New Enterprise Allowance (NEA) is a voluntary scheme. Eligible claimants will be referred to one of our contracted NEA providers who will assess their business idea for viability and sustainability. Claimants who are not accepted onto the scheme can be re-referred at a later date.

We do not hold the data on how many people are rejected by our providers.

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