§ Mr. Peter Robinsonasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish in the Official Report, a table showing the number of plants by size of employment in Northern Ireland.
§ Mr. ButlerThe information is not available in the precise form required, but at September 1981 the number of census units by employment size ranges was as follows:
Employment range Census Units 1–4 15,284 5–9 5,874 10–14 2,573 15–19 1,368 20–24 842 25–49 1,795 50–99 823 100–149 264 150–199 129 200–249 81 250–499 142 500–999 57 1000–1999 22 2000 plus 8 Notes: 1. Table excludes census units for agriculture.
2. A census unit is the administrative unit used in collecting employment information and is not necessarily equivalent to a plant.