To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many medium-sized businesses there are in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK. (268416)

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

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated April 2009

As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question concerning how many medium-sized businesses there are in (a) Jarrow Constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK.

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