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Mr. John Marshall
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many BES schemes during each year of the scheme have sought to raise under £500,000, between £500,000 and £1 million, and between £1 million and £2 million.
Mr. Norman Lamont
The information is as follows:
| Number of companies | ||||
| Amount of investment per company | 1983–84 | 1984–85 | 1985–861 | 1986–871 |
| Less than £500,000 | 671 | 745 | 604 | 620 |
| £500,000 to £1 million | 32 | 33 | 30 | 27 |
| £1 million to £2 million | 8 | 17 | 18 | 9 |
| Over £2 million | 4 | 12 | 18 | 14 |
| Total | 715 | 807 | 670 | 670 |
| 1 Provisional. Final figures are expected to be slightly higher. | ||||