HC Deb 05 June 1967 vol 747 c110W
Mr. Hector Hughes

asked 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. Prentice

There 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.