§ Mr. David ShawTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many companies still have not filed accounts with the Registrar of Companies in respect of their accounting years ended in(a) 1985, (b) 1986 and (c) 1987; and how many of those companies are engaged in the provision of financial services to the public.
§ Mr. RedwoodThe number of currently live companies which have not yet filed accounts for each of the years in question is shown in the table.
1985: 13,710 1986: 26,223 (includes 1985) 1987: 57,350 (includes 1985, 1986) It is not possible to identify how many of these companies are engaged in the provision of financial services to the public.