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Mr. Rooney
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many unemployed people have qualified for assistance on the business start-up scheme in each of the last five years; and what was the annual expenditure. [12169]
Mr. Hain
The information requested for Wales is given in the following table:
| Number of participants1 | Expenditure (£ million)> | |
| 1992–93 | 2,077 | 4,683 |
| 1993–94 | 1,957 | 5,174 |
| 1994–95 | 1,958 | 4,979 |
| 1995–96 | 1,593 | 4,821 |
| 1996–97 | 1,679 | 4,703 |
| Total | 9,264 | 24,360 |
| 1At March each year. | ||