HC Deb 23 May 1988 vol 134 c5W
Mr. Holland

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many firms accounted for the upper half of retail sales in the United Kingdom in 1986 and 1987.

Mr. Butcher

It is provisionally estimated that the largest 88 individual companies accounted for one half of retail sales in Great Britain in 1986. No estimate is yet available for 1987.