§ Ms. QuinTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many firms in percentage terms have a work force of(a) 1 to 50 persons, (b) 51 to 100 persons,(c) 101 to 250 persons,(d) 251 to 500 persons, (e) 501 to 1,000 persons,(f) 1,001 to 2,500 persons, (g) 2,501 to 5,000 persons, (h) over 5,001 persons and (i) broken down by sector and standard planning region.
§ Mr. MaudeI have been asked to reply.
Expressed as a percentage of all firms, that is companies, partnerships and sole proprietors, the numbers registered for VAT are:
Sector Per cent. Agriculture, forestry and fishing 1l.l Production 10.1 Construction 14.8 Transport industries 4.4 Wholesaling and dealing 8.0 Retail 16.5 Finance, property and professional services 8.3 Catering 8.0 Motor trades 4.9 Other services 13.9 Employment figures are available solely for manufacturing industries to the following bands:
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Percentage of total firms in manufacturing Employment Per cent. 1 to 49 90.9 50 to 99 4.1 100 to 199 2.4 200 to 499 1.6
Employment Per cent. 500 to 999 0.5 1,000 and over 0.4 These figures relate to 1988 which are the latest available and are derived from tables 1 and 6 of Business Monitor PA1003 "Size analyses of United Kingdorn businesses", which is available in the House of Commons Library. Because corporate businesses may have widely dispersed local sites, an analysis by standard planning region is not produced.