§ Mr. Bevanasked the Secretary of State for Industry (1) what information he has as to the number of small businesses started between (a) May 1979 and May 1980, (b) May 1980 and May 1981 and (c) May 1981 and November 1981 which were started with the aid of redundancy money; 493W (2) how many small businesses started business (a) from May 1979 to May 1980, (b) from May 1980 to May 1981 and (c) from May 1981 to November 1981.
§ Mr. MacGregorI regret that this information is not available in the form requested. Information on start-ups of businesses relating to 1980 was published in "British Business" on 29 January 1982. A copy is available in the Library. The statistics do not distinguish businesses started with the aid of redundancy money.