§ 85. Mr. BellinghamTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment whether he has any information as to the current level of use of local enterprise agencies.
§ Mr. CopeLocal enterprise agencies are independent private sector-led organisations. Information on the use made of them is not collected by the Government. l understand, however, that a recent business in the community survey estimates that the 314 agencies which they recognise undertook 250,000 counselling sessions last year, thereby assisting 50,000 small businesses.