HC Deb 26 October 1976 vol 918 cc181-2W
Mr. Clemitson

asked the Secretary of State for Industry what was the total net annual output of small establishments as defined in the Bolton Report in the manufacturing sector expressed as a percentage of the output of manufacturing industry as a whole in the latest year for which figures are available.

Mr. Cryer

The net output of manufacturing establishments in the United Kingdom employing less than 200 persons in 1971 is estimated to have been 25 per cent, of the net output of all manufacturing industry.—Source: Annual Census of Production 1971, Business Monitor PA 1002.

Mr. Clemitson

asked the Secretary of State for Industry what was the total net annual output of small establishments as defined in the Bolton Report in the manufacturing sector in the latest year for which figures are available.

Mr. Cryer

The net output of manufacturing establishments in the United Kingdom employing less than 200 persons in 1971 is estimated at £4,973 million.—Source: Annual Census of Production 1971, Business Monitor PA 1002.