§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the President of the Board of Trade when the 1990, 1991 and 1992 accounts of DAF Leyland were filed at Companies House.
§ Mr. Neil HamiltonThis matter is for Companies House. I have therefore asked the chief executive to write to the hon. Member.
Letter from Mr. D. Durham to Mr. Austin Mitchell, dated 17 January 1994:
You tabled the following Parliamentary Question:
To ask the President of the Board of Trade, when the 1990, 1991 and 1992 accounts of DAF Leyland were filed at Companies House.As this is a matter which is my responsibility as Chief Executive and Registrar of Companies House, I am writing to you direct.
There is no company currently registered under the name of DAF Leyland. I presume that the company in which you are interested is Leyland DAF Limited. I should point out that there are in fact 13 companies on the register with the name Leyland 642W DAF in their title, but for the purposes of this reply I have concentrated on the two major companies within the group, Leyland DAF Limited and Leyland DAF Holdings Limited.
Leyland DAF Limited and Leyland DAF Holdings Limited both delivered accounts for the period ending 31 December 1990 on 10 October 1991. Failure of the directors of these companies to deliver accounts for the period ended 31 December 1991 were followed up with the companies in accordance with normal procedures.
I was subsequently notified that an administrative receiver had been appointed for both companies on 3 February 1993. The receiver submitted the relevant receivership documents. The companies will not now be pursued for statutory documents but the receiver has an obligation to send me accounts of the receipts and payments to cover the first 12 months of the receivership and six monthly periods thereafter. A report from the receiver was delivered to Companies House for both companies on 2 September 1993.
Should the companies survive the receivership and emerge as active and wishing to remain on the register, the directors will be obliged to deliver outstanding statutory documents including those which became outstanding prior to the appointment of the receiver.
I hope this reply has covered the points tabled in your question. If you are interested in any other company within the Leyland DAF group please do not hesitate to let me know.