§ Mrs. RocheTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many small firms(a) are 444W currently participating in investors in people and (b) have achieved the standard (i) in total and (ii) in each parliamentary constituency. [27008]
§ Mr. Paice[holding answer 29 April 1996]: At 29 February 1996, a total of 13,987 small firms in the UK—that is those employing fewer than 200 employees—had made a formal commitment to achieve the investors in people standard; 2,385 small firms are already recognised as having achieved the standard. This gives a total of 16,372 small firms participating in investors in people.
A breakdown of the figures by parliamentary constituency is not available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. However, a regional breakdown is provided in the following table:
Investors in People Commitments and Recognitions in Small Firms (organisations with fewer than 200 employees) Region Commitments Recognitions East Midlands 1,315 150 Eastern 1,248 110 London 1,926 142 Merseyside 424 102 North West 1,923 246 Northern 472 126 South East 1,837 219 South West 1,280 380 West Midlands 1,305 252 Yorkshire and Humberside 1,089 217 Wales 633 145 Scotland 457 203 Northern Ireland 61 25