§ 14. Mr. Peter Lloydasked the Secretary of State for Employment what measures have been taken to reduce the quantity of information required by his Department from small firms.
§ Mr. WaddingtonSince this Government took office, the statistical forms sent out to businesses by my Department have been reduced by over 350,000 a year, or about 25 per cent. In addition, cancellation of the 1979 and 1980 censuses of employment saved well over 1 million forms. Most of the forms saved would have been sent to small firms.