§ Mr. Willie W. Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what are the latest figures available showing the number of companies in default of accounts obligations and annual report obligations, respectively, for Great Britian as a whole and for Scotland.
§ Mr. FletcherAs at 18 June 1985, 288,579 companies registered in Great Britian were in default of their obligations to deliver accounts to the appropriate registrar, and 263,291 in default of their annual return obligations. These figures include, respectively, 15,939 and 18,175 companies registered in Scotland. They exclude companies in liquidation or in the course of dissolution.