Chuka Umunna
Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many businesses with (a) up to four employees, (b) five to 49 employees and (c) between 50 and 249 employees are participating in the GrowthAccelerator scheme (i) nationally and (ii) in each region.
Michael Fallon
The Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills , Minister of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change
The total number of GrowthAccelerator companies that have signed a contract is 8,243.
The split by region and size of business is as follows:
| Number of full time equivalent (FTE) staff | |||||
| Region | 0-4 | 5-49 | 50-249 | FTEs not yet recorded | Total |
| East | 284 | 295 | 27 | 72 | 678 |
| East Midlands | 235 | 346 | 39 | 30 | 650 |
| London | 501 | 445 | 42 | 301 | 1,289 |
| North East | 126 | 118 | 15 | 62 | 321 |
| North West | 472 | 510 | 50 | 164 | 1,196 |
| South East | 582 | 488 | 37 | 270 | 1,377 |
| South West | 327 | 378 | 25 | 102 | 832 |
| West Midlands | 343 | 471 | 39 | 85 | 938 |
| Yorkshire and Humber | 243 | 292 | 38 | 105 | 678 |
| Not set | 117 | 109 | 7 | 51 | 284 |
| Grand total | 3,230 | 3,452 | 319 | 1,242 | 8,243 |
| Note: The column that shows businesses where FTEs are not yet recorded and the row that shows businesses where their region is “not set” is a consequence of the time lag between the company signing onto the programme and the system that holds their details being updated. | |||||
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