§ 41. Mr. Braineasked the Secretary to the Treasury how many requests for permission to issue capital have been received by the Capital Issues Committee for each year since 1945; how many of these applications have been granted; and what are the aggregate amounts of capital involved for each of the years in question.
§ Mr. BraineI thank my right hon. Friend for that reply, but would he not agree that it would encourage much more 955 informed discussion in monetary policy if these figures and a breakdown of them were issued at regular intervals, say once a year?
§ Mr. BirchI will certainly consider that. I think that it is a reasonable suggestion.
Following are the figures:
The number of requests for permission to issue capital received by the Capital Issues Committee for each year since 1945 is shown in Column 1. The amounts of capital respectively involved are shown in Column 2. Columns 3 and 4 show the numbers of applications granted and the amounts of capital respectively involved.
1 2 3 4 Calendar Year Total Numbers of Applications Applications granted No. £'000 No. £'000 1945 … 1,116 471,161 938 465,752 1946 … 1,047 410,358 946 390,446 1947 … 1,365 664,906 1,203 624,473 1948 … 1,107 553,020 991 525,608 1949 … 1,126 558,479 1,042 527,021 1950 … 977 584,078 857 508,109 1951 … 1,271 662,457 1,177 554,129 1952 … 1,159 656,623 1,087 622,278 1953 … 1,396 649,398 1,346 637,209 1954 … 2,181 1,103,958 2,115 1,087,820 1955 … 2,075 1,088,885 2,002 1,056,184 1956 … 4,340 1,054,510 3,772 964,749