§ Mr. MacleanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list for(a) small and medium-sized enterprises and (b) larger companies (i) all licences and permits issued by his Department and its agencies to companies permitting them to carry out their business, (ii) the cost of each such licence or permit in (A) 1997–98 and (B) 1999–2000 and (iii) the current number of companies which are in receipt of each such licence or permit. [76851]
§ Mr. Straw[holding answer 16 March 1999]: The information requested is not collected centrally and can be obtained only at disproportionate cost.