Significant Private Sector Employers

HC Deb 13 April 1988 vol 131 cc146-7W

Mr. Janner

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is his estimate of the number of significant private sector employers in the United Kingdom; and if he will indicate what definition of significant his Department uses for this purpose.

Mr. Fowler

There is no statistical definition of "significant employers" and different firms will be significant in different contexts.