§ Mr. Frank Fieldasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will set out for each year since the implementation of the proposals in "Code of Conduct for Companies with Interests in South Africa", Cmnd. 7233, the number of companies expected to lodge reports with his Department; how many reports have been lodged; and what is the number of these which have been deemed satisfactory.
§ Mr. FletcherThe numbers of companies which have reported each year since the publication of Cmnd. 7233 were given in table 1 of the latest "Analysis and Summary of Companies' Reports" presented to Parliament on 10 April 1984 and which is available in the Library of the House. The same table also recorded the numbers of companies believed to have a responsibility to submit a full report under the code, but which declined to do so. Companies whose reports fail satisfactorily to provide all the information required are on every occasion approached for additional details. But records have not been kept of the few times when that has been necessary.