§ Mr. Richard Wainwrightasked the Secretary of State for Trade what was the total number of applications for company investigations received by his Department in each of the last 10 years; and how many investigations were actually carried out by his Department in each of these years.
§ Mr. Clinton DavisFollowing is the information:
Applications received Appointments under 1948 Act Authorisations under 1967 Act 1967 240 18 27 1968 338 16 47 1969 390 26 62 1970 400 15 61 1971 432 24 103 1972 403 6 109 1973 408 11 82 1974 438 28 130 1975 456 27 150 1976* 358 16 106 * To 30th October. Fuller information is set out in the Department's annual reports on com- 520W panies, copies of which are available in the Library.