To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many small and medium-sized enterprises are registered in (a) Tamworth constituency and (b) Staffordshire. (264529)

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 that were registered in (a) Tamworth constituency and (b) Staffordshire. (264529)

Annual statistics on business size and location are available from the ONS release on UK Business: Activity, Size and Location. The table below contains the enterprise counts for 2008.