HC Deb 29 March 1999 vol 328 c493W
Mr. Maclean

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list for(a) small and medium 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. [76855]

Mr. Byers

[holding answer 16 March 1999]: It is not possible to distinguish between small and medium-sized enterprises and large companies in the manner requested.