HC Deb 01 March 1977 vol 927 cc139-40W
Mr. Richard Wainwright

asked the Secretary of State for Trade how many businesses, including clubs, have been asked by the Business Statistics Office to provide information for the Statistical Inquiry into Catering for 1977.

Mr. Meacher

About 24,500 businesses —including clubs—out of a total of about 105,000 businesses within the scope of the inquiry have been sent letters informing them of the type of information that they will be required to provide on their catering activity in 1977.