§ Mr. Gordon Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the number of (a) workers' co-operatives and (b) community co-operatives registered in Scotland; and how many people they employ.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherAccording to the latest figures produced by the Co-operative Development Agency, 43 Scottish co-operatives have been registered. Of these, as far as interpretation allows, 30 are workers' co-operatives and 13 community co-operatives, employing 348 and 158, respectively.