HC Deb 13 March 1989 vol 149 c59W
Mr. Robert Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the total number of restaurants categorised as such in each of the last 10 years in(a) England and Wales, (b) Scotland and (c) Northern Ireland.

Mr. Lee

The information available relates to numbers of businesses, which may include more than one individual restaurant. For the years 1980 to 1986 the table below shows the available estimates for numbers of businesses in Great Britain which were classified as restaurants, snack bars, cafes, etc., supplying food for consumption on the premises only. Comparable figures for earlier years are not available.

Number of businesses
1980 11,512
1981 11,735
1982 11,817
1983 12,119
1984 12,692
1985 13,362
1986 14,348