§ Mrs. RocheTo 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. PaiceAs 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