§ Mr. Adleyasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what was the number of food supermarkets trading in each of the 10 years 1963 to 1972, respectively.
§ Sir G. HoweDefining a supermarket as a self-service grocery shop with a selling space of at least 2,000 square feet, the estimated number of supermarkets in Great Britain in 1966 was 2,669. No official estimates are available for the other years, but figures for 1971 will be published next year in the final results of the Census of Distribution for 1971.