§ Mr. Stephen O'BrienTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what the profitability of UK companies with a turnover of(a) less than "1 million, (b) £1–20 million, (c) £20–50 million, (d) £50–100 million and (e) more than £100 million has been in each quarter since 1997; [148180]
(2) what the profitability of UK companies with (a) 1–49 employees, (b) 50–99 employees, (c) 100–249 employees, (d) 250–499 employees, (e) 500–999 employees and (f) more than 1,000 employees has been in each quarter since 1997. [148181]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter. front Mr. Colin Mowl to Mr. Stephen O'Brien, dated 14 January 2004:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Questions on profitability of UK companies by turnover and also by number of employees. I am replying in his absence. (148180, 148181)Unfortunately the Office for National Statistics (ONS) do not produce statistics on profitability of UK companies by turnover or by number of employees. The ONS does produce a quarterly First Release called the Profitability of UK Companies, which is available on the ONS website at: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pdfdir/profit0104.pdfThe Release shows the profitability of all UK companies and also for United Kingdom continental shelf companies, manufacturing companies and service companies. The profits data used in calculating these estimates comes from a relatively small sample inquiry of companies. The sample is too small to enable us to produce estimates in the detail requested.