§ Mr. David Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what was the number of different questionnaires sent out by his Department and agencies responsible to it to companies and self-employed business people; and how many of each sort were sent out for the most recent year for which information is available.
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Mr. Coucannon50 different questionaires were sent out in the financial year 1976–77 to companies and self employed business people by Northern Ireland departments and their agencies. Details including the approximate number of each type issued are as follows:
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Type of Questionnaire and Total Numbers Issued 1976‱77 Details of employment, wages, new orders and repair and maintenance output (construction industry) 1,600 Value of output (construction industry) 700 Employment form (professional practices—in construction industry) 200 Disabled Persons Quota obligations 1,700 8 Statutory returns issued on behalf of the industrial training boards 3,260 Engineering Industrial Training Board 456 Census of Employment 17,744 Quarterly Employment Enquiry 750 Manpower Surveys: Engineering Industry 451 Construction Industry 2,397 New Earnings Survey 3,906 Administrative, Technical and Clerical Earnings Survey 644 Agricultural Census: Main 54,549 Insignificant holdings 2,294 Vegetable growers 320 Pigs and poultry (2) 17,814 Crops, livestock and labour 54,549 Survey of cornacre renting 90 Annual return of compound feeding stuffs 39 Monthly return of compound feeding stuffs 156 Monthly return of fertilizers 108 Quarterly return of raw materials 56 Weekly grain prices enquiry 56 Return of imported compound feeding stuffs 3
Weekly survey of breeding and store livestock numbers and prices 312 Weekly returns from poultry packers 468 Monthly returns from hay and straw merchants 48 Monthly returns from oatmeal millers 12 Wine stock survey 46 Employment return in firms assisted under Industries Development Acts 1,210 Survey of business prospects 180 Annual production and employment returns (quarries and mines) (2 different forms) 244 Business statistics on production, retail sales and hire purchase (5 different forms) 2,373 Information on hotel occupancy and facilities available (3different forms) 2,522 Updating of sub-contracting capacity in engineering firms 400 Grand totals: questionnaires=50 171,657