§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many employers and of what size
Number of organisations recognised as having achieved the investors in people standard and the percentage of these against agreed baselines of organisations with 50 or more employees: by Government office region and nationally Employer size Region < 50 50–199 200+ Total Number Number Percentage Number Percentage North-East 102 67 5 80 16 249 North-West 178 126 4 131 14 435 Yorkshire and Humberside 203 122 4 100 12 425 Merseyside 75 52 8 41 20 168 West Midlands 174 137 4 146 17 457 East Midlands 127 91 4 90 13 308 Eastern counties 88 84 3 78 11 250 South-West 297 203 8 147 23 647 South-East 174 140 4 123 17 437 London 127 81 2 96 7 305 Total England 1,545 1,103 4 1,032 14 3,680 The agreed baselines are the numbers of organisations eligible for separate investors in people recognition of the relevant size as counted by English training and enterprise councils in spring this year. There are no equivalent baselines of under 50 employees.