§ Mrs. RocheTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what system of monitoring he intends to establish to discover what level of use the regional supply network has had from(a) small and medium enterprises and (b) all businesses (i) in each region and (ii) in total. [14585]
§ Mr. PageA system of monitoring regional supply network usage has been in place since offices opened in April 1995. Quarterly monitoring information reports are obtained from each regional supply office. These include information on the number of businesses that ask the RSN to find suppliers, the number of suppliers who meet the requirements of purchasers and the number of businesses gaining contracts as a result of these inquiries. These 405W figures are collected for each region and collated as national totals. Information on the size of businesses using the RSN services is not collected.