§ 90. Major Bruceasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will give an analysis, classified by principal industries, trades and vocations, of the total issues approved by the Capital Issues Committee since 1st August, 1945, showing, in respect of each category, the number of companies and the total sum involved.
§ Mr. JayFollowing is the reply:
CAPITAL ISSUES CONSENTED TO BY THE TREASURY. (i) During the period 1st June, 1946, to 29th February, 1948, inclusive. Approximate Totals (£'000s) Agriculture and Fisheries 3,194 Brewing and Distilling 5,917 Building Materials 5,111 Chemicals, Drugs and Dyes 24,765 Coal, Iron and Steel 68,360 Engineering and Metal Industries 57,379 Entertainments (including Films, Hotels, etc.) 12,587 Food Manufactures 6,363 Oil 110,211 Shipping 16,478 Textiles and Clothing (including Boots and Shoes) 15,438 Financial and Land 16,637 Public Utilities and Institutions 14,111 Others 76,031 Total (for 912 applications) £432,582
(ii) During the period 1st August, 1945, to 31st May, 1946, inclusive. Approximate Totals (£'000s) Agriculture and Fisheries 1,841 Coal, Iron and Steel 3,982 Engineering 16,502 Textiles 137 Financial and Land 9,416 Public Utilities and Institutions 2,254 Others 46,503 Total (for 266 applications) £80,635 (For this period, fully analysed records are not available.) Footnotes.
- (a) Figures are, so far as possible, for issues involving new money.
- (b) The above figures exclude issues by overseas companies and by local authorities.
- (c) It is not possible without considerable research to give the number of companies in each category.