Modified Accounts

HC Deb 23 June 1993 vol 227 cc231-2W

Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the President of the Board of Trade how many small and medium-sized companies have filed modified accounts at Companies House in each year since 1990; and in how many cases the filing of such accounts was found to be unwarranted.

Mr. Neil Hamilton

This matter is for Companies House. I have asked the chief executive to write to the hon. Member.

Letter from David Durham to Mr. Austin Mitchell dated 21 June 1993: As the information requested is part of my responsibility as Registrar of Companies, I have been asked to reply to you direct. The following modified or abbreviated accounts were accepted for filing:

	Small	Medium
1990–91	252,368	3,767
1991–92	270,754	4,386
1992–93	303,125	5,202

Of these, in the years in question, in 6, 5 and 4 cases respectively the accounts were subsequently found to have been accepted in circumstances where the company did not meet the relevant criteria.