Small and Medium-sized Businesses

HC Deb 21 June 1995 vol 262 cc293-4W

Ms Primarolo

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in which sectors of the economy(a) small businesses and (b) medium-sized businesses are predominantly to be found. [29581]

Mr. Ancram

An analysis of the numbers of Northern Ireland businesses by size of turnover, for all economic sectors is published in the Central Statistical Office Business Monitor publication PA 1003, table 3E, copies of which are available in the Library.

Ms Primarolo

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people were employed in(a) small businesses and (b) medium-sized businesses in each of the last 10 years; and if he will break these figures down by gender. [29580]

Mr. Ancram

Details of the numbers employed by employment size band are available for manufacturing industries from the Central Statistical Office Business Monitor PA 1003, table 10, for the years 1985 to 1994 inclusive. Similar figures are not available for other sectors, or by gender.