HC Deb 15 May 1996 vol 277 c460W
Mrs. Roche

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to her answer of 30 April,Official Report, columns 41–42, how many firms with under 50 employees (a) are currently participating in investors in people and (b) have achieved the standard, (i) in total, (ii) in each region and (iii) in each parliamentary constituency. [29157]

Mr. Paice

As at 24 March 1996 a total of 10,558 firms with under 50 employees were participating in investors in people of which 1,525 firms are already recognised as having achieved the standard.

A breakdown of the figures by parliamentary constituency is not available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. However, a regional breakdown is provided in the following table:

Investors in People commitments and recognitions in firms with under 50 employees
Region Commitments Recognitions
East Midlands 874 101
Eastern 840 69
London 1,205 99
Merseyside 268 62
North West 1,277 160
Northern 351 83
South East 1,140 134
South West 768 246
West Midlands 804 158
Yorkshire and Humberside 691 166
Wales 498 107
Scotland 277 122
Northern Ireland 40 18
Total 9,033 1,525