§ Mr. Pattieasked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will list, for every year since 1945, (a) the number of companies registered in Great Britain, and (b) the number of these companies with a nominal capital of less than £100,000.
§ Mr. Clinton Davis:The information is as follows:
Year Number of companies registered in Great Britain Number of companies registered in Great Britain with a nominal capital of less than £.100,000 1945 10,948 10,753 1946 25,217 24,864 1947 21,753 21,394 1948 16,344 16,070 1949 14,448 14,225 1950 13,906 13,661 1951 13,524 13,277 1952 12,296 12,131 1953 13,329 13,097 1954 15,855 15,624 1955 17,507 17,255 1956 17,572 17,347 1957 20,665 20,421 1958 22,370 22,106 1959 29,198 28,818 1960 34,312 33,835 1961 33,645 33,152 1962 34,852 34,319 1963 42,173 41,622 1964 48,315 47,745 1965 36,315 35,763 1966 28,256 27,694 1967 31,292 30,731 1968 20,654 20,149 1969 25,154 24,592 1970 30,262 29,713 1971 39,445 38,926 1972 54,456 53,875 1973 67,349 66,503 1974 42,496 41,438 1975 45,678 44,510 1976 56,085 54,587 1977 55,214 53,464 1978 63,566 61,067