§ Mr. Clemitsonasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many persons are employed in concerns employing under 500, under 400, under 300, under 200 and under 100 employees, respectively, at the latest date for which figures are available.
§ Mr. John FraserI regret that the information is not available. However, some indication can be derived from the Census of Employment. The reporting units to which the census forms relate do not correspond precisely with firms, owing to the registers on which the census is based. The census units are either complete addresses or, less often, parts of addresses. They are, therefore, more numerous, and on average smaller, than firms which, although frequently consisting of single addresses, can comprise more than one address.
26WThe information on census units below, which excludes agriculture, relates to June 1973, the latest date for which figures are available:
Size Range No. of employees (Thousands) Under 500 14,630 Under 400 13,820 Under 300 12,800 Under 200 11,360 Under 100 9,010