§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what information his Department maintains on the size of work forces of different employers, or of the largest work forces, in individual travel-to-work areas or constituencies.
Mr. JacksonThe information held by my Department reflects the PAYE arrangements of employers. Large employers provide separate returns on numbers of employees covered by each PAYE scheme. We have no means of aggregating returns in respect of different PAYE schemes for a particular employer.
259WThe information is provided in confidence to the Department. Details of the largest work forces in a travel-to-work area or constituency would risk revealing the identity of individual employers and could not be released without their express permission.