To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will break down the numbers of high growth start up businesses referred to on page 24 of Annex B of his Department's Autumn Performance Report on its comprehensive spending review objective 4 by (a) region and (b) country. (110650)

[holding answer 26 January 2007]: I have been asked to reply.

No estimates have been made of the number of high growth start-ups at the regional or country level. This information is not held centrally and therefore can be provided only at disproportionate cost.