HC Deb 30 April 2002 vol 384 c737W
Mr. Peter Duncan

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many(a) sole traders, (b) partnerships and (c)limited companies are registered in (i) Dumfries and Galloway, (ii) Scotland and (iii) the UK. [52902]

Miss Melanie Johnson

We do not maintain statistics for sole traders or partnerships.

The details for (c) are as follows:

  1. (i) 1,114 companies as at 28 February 2002
  2. (ii) 88,809 companies as at 31 March 2002
  3. (iii) 1,658,215 companies as at 31 March 2002 in England, Wales and Scotland.