§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will make a statement of the uses his Department makes of the company asset figures included in his Department's annual report on companies under table E1.
§ Mr. RedwoodThe figures show how information on company accounts held at Companies House can be used in producing aggregate financial data. Thes figures are aimed primarily at providing general information for outside readership, rather than for the Department's own use. More detailed figures which are extracted from these sources are published which can be used in the analysis of industrial and commercial sectors by both Government and outside bodies.