Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support she is providing to claimants looking to move into self-employment.

The New Enterprise Allowance (NEA) supports people on eligible benefits who want to move into self-employment.

It is available to:

• people aged 18 and over in receipt of Universal Credit and in eligible regimes;
• over 18s claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA), Employment and Support Allowance (ESA);
• the dependent partners of JSA and ESA claimants; and
• Income Support claimants who are sick or who are lone parents.