§ Mr. Tom ClarkeTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what percentage of the total number of registered businesses in the United Kingdom have made use of the Europe—Open for Business 1992 database; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. MaudeAround 190,000 requests for information have been received since the Europe—Open for Business campaign was launched in March last year. Spearhead, the Department's on-line database of single market measures, has a subscriber base of around 100,000. In total there are just over 1 million registered limited companies in the United Kingdom.