§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Trade what is the total number of retailers in the United Kingdom who rely on the sale of tobacco products and products used in the consumption of tobacco for more than 5 per cent. of their total revenue; and what percentage this is of the total number of retailers in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. MeacherThe information sought cannot be provided without excessive cost. The available information from the 1971 Census of Distribution is that there were 43,207 confectioners, tobacconists and newsagents out of a total of 352,356 retailing organisations which were likely 19W to rely on the sales of tobacco and smokers' requisites for more than 5 per cent. of their total turnover.