§ Dr. Mawhinneyasked the Secretary of State for Trade how many questionnaires his Department sent out in January to April 1978, 1979 and 1980 which the recipients (a) were statutorily required to complete and (b) were not statutorily required to complete.
§ Mr. David MitchellI have been asked to reply.
The Departments of Industry and Trade share a common statistical service. The numbers of statistical forms issued by the two Departments in 1978 and 1979, together with projected figures for 1980, are given in the following table. Comparable information for January-April is not available.