NEW COMPANIES (REGISTRATION).

HC Deb 15 February 1922 vol 150 cc1041-2W

Mr. SWAN

asked the President of the Board of Trade the number of new companies registered since the Armistice and the issuable capital?

Sir W. MITCHELL-THOMSON

The number of companies registered in England and Wales between the 12th November, 1918, and the 11th February, 1922, is 27,712, and the nominal capital of such companies amounts to £1,097,975,833. As to the companies registered in Scotland between those dates, I will furnish the figures to the hon. Member as soon as I receive them.