§ Mrs. RocheTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to her answer of 15 May,Official Report, column 460, how many firms there are with fewer than 50 employees in each region listed. [30436]
§ Mr. PaiceEstimates of the numbers of firms of different sizes for the United Kingdom are published in the DTI statistical bulletin "Small and Medium Sized Enterprise Statistics for the UK 1993".
A regional breakdown is not available, and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
A copy of the publication is available in the Library.