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Mr. Houghton
asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance if he will circulate with the OFFICIAL REPORT a table showing the occupational classification of those employers who have been granted a certificate of non-participation, the numbers of employees in each occupational group, and the numbers of employers employing more than 1,000 employees.
Mr. Boyd-Carpenter
As some 30,000 certificates have been issued to some 27,000 employers, I am afraid that not only would the collection and classification of the information requested by the hon. Member involve a large expenditure of time and money, but the result would also inflate the size of HANSARD to a wholly unreasonable extent.