Small Businesses: Wiltshire

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many small and medium-sized enterprises were registered in (a) North Wiltshire constituency, (b) Wiltshire and (c) Swindon in each year since 1997. (259504)

I have been asked to reply.

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated March 2009:

As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question concerning what estimate has been made of the number of small to medium-sized enterprises registered in (a) North Wiltshire constituency, (b) Wiltshire and (c) Swindon in each year since 1997. (259504)

Annual statistics on business size and location are available from the ONS release on UK Business: Activity, Size and Location. The table below contains enterprise counts from 2000 to 2008. These data are not available prior to 2000.

*Count of small and medium enterprises in Swindon UA, Wiltshire county and North Wiltshire*
Employee size	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
0 to 49 (small)
Swindon UA	4,820	4,970	4,615	4,440	4,435	4,595	4,715	4,860	5,170
Wiltshire county	15,905	16,300	16,630	16,685	17,065	17,780	18,050	18,850	19,350
North Wiltshire	4,255	4,360	4,420	4,470	4,565	4,795	4,810	5,095	5,300

50 to 249 (medium)
Swindon UA	105	115	110	105	95	100	105	115	115
Wiltshire county	195	185	205	200	215	205	220	220	225
North Wiltshire	35	40	40	40	50	45	60	65	65

Volume 488: debated on Friday 6 March 2009