Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 4 June 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make an assessment of how the new enterprise allowance will affect employment in Northumberland.
We have published data on the number of NEA mentor starts and weekly allowance starts by local authority. These can be found at:
http://statistics.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd1/adhoc_analysis/2013/nea_by_la_jcp_district_parl_c.xls
The table shows that in Northumberland there were 170 NEA mentor starts and 70 NEA weekly allowance starts for the period April 2011 up to and including November 2012.
We are in the process of conducting a cohort analysis of NEA which will track participants who have started to trade and will show what proportion remain off- benefit after a year. We aim to publish this analysis soon.
Note:
The numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.
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