§ Mr. Hector Hughesasked the Minister of Public Building and Works if he will state the number of firms in the building industry in north-east Scotland, the number of workers each employs, and value of the work done there by these firms during each of the last five years.
§ Mr. PrenticeThere are 860 building firms in north-east Scotland and details of the numbers employed by them are as follows:
- 0–13 employees=731
- 14–59 employees=96
- 60–299 employees=28
- 300–1,199 employees=5
The information requested in the last part of the question is not readily available and could not be obtained without undue cost.