§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Industry what information he has as to the number of firms with under 1,000 employees, or the nearest convenient figure, which now possess microcomputers; and what proportion this is of the total.
§ Mr. ButcherNo figures are available for the number of firms which possess microcomputers. An independent survey published in 1982 estimated that 38,800 business microcomputers would be sold during 1982, but it is not possible to ascertain how many of these would be sold to firms with fewer than 1,000 employees.