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(13) how many companies are registered under UK standard industry classification codes for the manufacturing of other non-metallic mineral products in the (a) West Yorkshire, (b) Leeds City and (c) Leeds, West constituency area; [306130]

(14) how many companies are registered under UK standard industry classification codes for the manufacturing of rubber and plastic products in the (a) West Yorkshire, (b) Leeds City and (c) Leeds, West constituency area; [306131]

(15) how many companies are registered under UK standard industry classification codes for the manufacturing of chemicals, chemical products and man-made fibres in the (a) West Yorkshire, (b) Leeds City and (c) Leeds, West constituency area; [306132]

(16) how many companies are registered under UK standard industry classification codes for the manufacturing of coke, refined petroleum products and nuclear fuel in the (a) West Yorkshire, (b) Leeds City and (c) Leeds, West constituency area; [306133]

(17) how many companies are registered under UK standard industry classification codes for the publishing of newspapers in the (a) West Yorkshire, (b) Leeds City and (c) Leeds, West constituency area; [306134]

(18) how many companies are registered under UK standard industry classification codes for the publishing of books in the (a) West Yorkshire, (b) Leeds City and (c) Leeds, West constituency area; [306135]

(19) how many companies are registered under UK standard industry classification codes for publishing, printing and reproduction of recorded media in the (a) West Yorkshire, (b) Leeds City and (c) Leeds, West constituency area; [306136]

(20) how many companies are registered under UK standard industry classification codes for pulp, paper and paper products in the (a) West Yorkshire, (b) Leeds City and (c) Leeds, West constituency area; [306137]

(21) how many companies are registered under UK standard industry classification codes for wood and wood products in the (a) West Yorkshire, (b) Leeds City and (c) Leeds, West constituency area; [306138]

(22) how many companies are registered under UK Standard Industry Classification codes for leather and leather products in (a) West Yorkshire, (b) Leeds City and (c) Leeds, West constituency area; [306139]

(23) how many companies are registered under UK Standard Industry Classification codes for manufacturing of textiles and textile products in (a) West Yorkshire, (b) Leeds City and (c) Leeds, West constituency area; [306140]

(24) how many companies are registered under UK Standard Industry Classification codes for manufacturing of food products and beverages in (a) West Yorkshire, (b) Leeds City and (c) Leeds, West constituency area; [306141]

(25) how many companies are registered under UK Standard Industry Classification codes for manufacturing in (a) West Yorkshire, (b) Leeds City and (c) Leeds, West constituency area; [306142]

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(26) how many companies are registered under UK Standard Industry Classification codes for hotels in the (a) West Yorkshire, (b) Leeds City and (c) Leeds, West constituency area; [306174]

(27) how many companies are registered under UK Standard Industry Classification codes for hotels and restaurants in the (a) West Yorkshire, (b) Leeds City and (c) Leeds, West constituency area; [306175]

(28) how many companies are registered under UK Standard Industry Classification codes for repair of personal and household goods in the (a) West Yorkshire, (b) Leeds City and (c) Leeds, West constituency area; [306176]

(29) how many companies are registered under UK Standard Industry Classification codes for retail trade in the (a) West Yorkshire, (b) Leeds City and (c) Leeds, West constituency area; [306177]

(30) how many companies are registered under UK Standard Industry Classification codes for wholesale trade and commission trade in the (a) West Yorkshire, (b) Leeds City and (c) Leeds, West constituency area; [306178]

(31) how many companies are registered under UK Standard Industry Classification codes for retail sale of automotive fuel in the (a) West Yorkshire, (b) Leeds City and (c) Leeds, West constituency area; [306179]

(32) how many companies are registered under UK Standard Industry Classification codes for sale, maintenance and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles in the (a) West Yorkshire, (b) Leeds City and (c) Leeds, West constituency area; [306180]

(33) how many companies are registered under UK Standard Industry Classification codes for construction in the (a) West Yorkshire, (b) Leeds City and (c) Leeds, West constituency area; [306181]

(34) how many companies are registered under UK Standard Industry Classification codes for electricity, gas and water supply in the (a) West Yorkshire, (b) Leeds City and (c) Leeds, West constituency area; [306182]

(35) how many companies are registered under UK Standard Industry Classification codes for the manufacturing not elsewhere classified in the (a) West Yorkshire, (b) Leeds City and (c) Leeds, West constituency area; [306183]

(36) how many companies are registered under UK Standard Industry Classification codes for the manufacturing of transport equipment in the (a) West
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Yorkshire, (b) Leeds City and (c) Leeds, West constituency area; [306184]

(37) how many companies are registered under UK Standard Industry Classification codes for the manufacturing of electrical and optical equipment in the (a) West Yorkshire, (b) Leeds City and (c) Leeds, West constituency area; [306185]

(38) how many companies are registered under UK Standard Industry Classification codes for supporting and auxiliary transport activities: activities of travel agencies in the (a) West Yorkshire, (b) Leeds City and (c) Leeds, West constituency area; [306186]

(39) how many companies are registered under UK Standard Industry Classification codes for freight transport by road in the (a) West Yorkshire, (b) Leeds City and (c) Leeds, West constituency area; [306187]

(40) how many companies are registered under UK Standard Industry Classification codes for transport, storage and communications in the (a) West Yorkshire, (b) Leeds City and (c) Leeds, West constituency area; [306188]

(41) how many companies are registered under UK Standard Industry Classification codes for bars in the (a) West Yorkshire, (b) Leeds City and (c) Leeds, West constituency area; [306189]

(42) how many companies are registered under UK Standard Industry Classification codes for restaurants in the (a) West Yorkshire, (b) Leeds City and (c) Leeds, West constituency area. [306190]

Angela E. Smith: 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 Jil Matheson, dated December 2009:

As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Questions.

The estimates in the following table are taken from the Inter-Departmental Business Register and show the count of companies by requested classification as at March 2008, the latest date for which estimates are available. All classifications are based on the UK Standard Industry Classification 2003.

The table contains counts of companies held on the Inter-Departmental Business Register. The counts exclude units that are classified as sole proprietors, partnerships, and businesses classified to the non-profit or public sector.

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UK Standard Industrial Classification 2003	West Yorkshire Metropolitan County	Leeds	Leeds, West
75 Public Administration and Defence; Compulsory Social Security	0	0	0
70-74 Real Estate, Renting and Business Activities	12,565	5,250	315
65-67 Financial Intermediation	645	275	5
05 Fishing	5	5	0
01-02 Agriculture, Hunting and Forestry	275	90	5
95-97 Private Households Employing Staff and Undifferentiated Production Activities of Households for Own Use	0	0	0
90-93 Other Community, Social and Personal Service Activity	1,560	630	30
85 Health and Social Work	720	245	10
99 Extra-territorial Organisations and Bodies	0	0	0
80 Education	405	140	10
29 Manufacture of Machinery and Equipment Not Elsewhere Classified	460	115	20
27-28 Manufacture of Basic Metals and Fabricated Metal Products	875	220	35
26 Manufacture of Other Non-metallic Mineral Products	140	30	5
25 Manufacture of Rubber and Plastic Products	245	50	5
24 Manufacture of Chemicals, Chemical Products and Man-made Fibres	120	40	5
23 Manufacture of Coke, Refined Petroleum Products and Nuclear Fuel	10	0	0
2212 Publishing of newspapers	10	0	0
2211 Publishing of books	35	15	0
22 Publishing, Printing and Reproduction of Recorded Media	595	255	45
21 Manufacture of Pulp, Paper and Paper Products Publishing and Printing	65	15	0
20 Manufacture of Wood and Wood Products	215	55	10
19 Manufacture of Leather and Leather Products	25	10	0
17 -18 Manufacture of Textiles and Textile Products	370	85	10
15 Manufacture of Food Products, Beverages and Tobacco	145	40	0
15-37 Manufacturing	4,225	1,215	175
5510 Hotels	75	25	0
55 Hotels and Restaurants	1,285	525	40
5271-5274 Repair of Personal and Household Goods	95	30	0
52 Retail	2,865	1,040	70
51 Wholesale Trade and Commission Trade, Except of Motor Vehicles and Motorcycles	2,820	915	85
5050 Retail sate of automotive fuel	60	15	5
5010-5040 Sale, Maintenance and Repair of Motor Vehicles and Motorcycles	1,050	310	45
45 Construction	4,410	1,530	170
40-41 Electricity, Gas and Water Supply	10	5	0
36-37 Manufacture Not Elsewhere Classified	490	145	20
34-35 Manufacture of Transport Equipment	115	25	0
30-33 Manufacture of Electrical and Optical Equipment	440	150	15
63 Supporting and Auxiliary Transport Activities; Activities of Travel Agencies	335	100	10
6024 Freight transport by road	600	155	20
60-64 Transport, Storage and Communications	1,345	420	50
5540 Bars	420	155	15
5530 Restaurants	665	285	15

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