§ Mrs. RocheTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what percentage of his Department's expenditure in 1994–95 was spent on procuring goods or services from small and medium enterprises. [1945]
§ Sir Paul BeresfordInformation on the size of suppliers is not held centrally and is obtainable only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mrs. RocheTo ask the President of the Board of Trade how many small and medium enterprises benefited from properties made available by English Estates in each of the last five years; and how many small and medium enterprises have benefited from properties made available by English Partnerships in the last year for which figures are available. [1939]
§ Sir Paul BeresfordInformation is not available on the size of companies occupying properties provided by English Estates or English Partnerships. The following table gives the number of new occupancies of properties of less than 1,700m2 and thus an indication of the take up by small or medium enterprises. The figures relate to a period during which the overall size of the portfolio reduced by some 30 per cent.
- Number of new occupancies of properties under l,700m2
- 1990–91: 1,272
- 1991–92: 1,333
- 1992–93: 1,343
- 1993–94: 1,067
- 1994–95: 1,032.
English Partnerships took over responsibility for English Estates' activities on 1 April 1994.