HC Deb 10 June 1952 vol 502 cc18-21W
Mr. M. MacPherson

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty, in connection with those candidates for Dartmouth entrance who come from Scottish schools, the percentage who failed at the written examination, and the percentage who failed at the interview, in each of the examinations held in the last three years; and how these percentages compare with the percentages of candidates from schools other than Scottish schools.

Mr. J. P. L. Thomas

Following are the figures:

Commission, which previously the railway companies owned, or had a financial interest in, stating their capital value, the estimated profit made in the year 1947, and the number of vehicles in each company.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

pursuant to his reply (OFFICIAL REPORT, 26th May; Vol. 501, col. 104) supplied the following statement,

ROAD HAULAGE UNDERTAKINGS WHICH WERE OWNED OR PARTLY OWNED BY FORMER RAILWAY COMPANIES AND WHICH VESTED IN THE COMMISSION AT 1ST JANUARY, 1948
Name of Company Profits for financial year ending:
Percentage which vested of the share capital Value attributed to shareholdings in the Commission's books Financial year to Amount of Profits (after charging depreciation but before charging tax) applicable to the shareholdings which vested Number of Motor Vehicles
Per cent. £ £
Hays Wharf Cartage Co. Ltd. Ordinary 4,600,000 30th June, 1947 668,116 3,012
Pickfords Ltd. 100
Arthur Batty Ltd. Preference
Benefit Tyre Co. Ltd. 95.6
Chaplins Ltd.
H. Bentley & Co. (Bradford) Ltd.
Coulson & Co. Ltd.
Crouchers Ltd.
Express Transport Service (Wellingborough) Ltd.
A. J. Hewitt Ltd.
Hughes Bros. Ltd.
Shephard Bros. Ltd.
Swift Parcel Delivery Services Ltd.
Venn and MacPherson Ltd.
Carter Paterson & Co. Ltd.
City and Suburban Carriers Ltd.
Beans Express Ltd.
Herd and Gerner Ltd.
Carter Paterson (Midland) Ltd.
Carter Paterson (North Western) Ltd.
Carter Paterson (Southern) Ltd.
South Coast Carriers Ltd.
Southern Carriers Ltd.
Leicester & County Carriers Ltd.
T. Ball (Leicester) Ltd.
Karriers Parcels Delivery Ltd.
Liverpool Parcels Delivery Co. Ltd.
T. & D. Carriers Ltd.
London Parcels Delivery Co. Ltd.
Removals and Storage Ltd.
Associated Companies:
Sutton & Co. Ltd.
Sutton & Co. (Manchester) Ltd.
Norman E. Box Ltd.
Joseph Nail & Co. Ltd. 100 255,862 31st March, 1947 17,666 101
Manchester Storage and Transport Co. Ltd.

provided by the British Transport Commission:

Name of Company Profits for financial year ending: Number of Motor Vehicles
Percentage which vested of the share capital Value attributed to shareholdings in the Commission's books Financial year to Amount of Profits (after charging depreciation but before charging tax) applicable to the shareholdings which vested
Per cent. £ £
Andrew Smith Ltd. 100 28,000 30th September, 1947 1,689 20
James W. Petrie Ltd. 100 58,000 30th June, 1947 4,530 23
Wordie & Co. Ltd. 100 747,938 31st July, 1947 73,037 355
Road Engines & Kerr (Haulage) Ltd.
James Walker (Glasgow) Ltd.
John Russell & Son (Carriers) Ltd.
Herbert Davidson Ltd.
Jas. Dickson (Transport) Ltd.
Dumfries and Galloway Transport Ltd.
South Western Transports Ltd.
James H. Livingston Ltd. 90.7 34,391 31st December, 1947 4,324 10
E. G. Oldham Ltd. 90 26,000 30th September, 1947 2,947 37
5,750,191 772,309 3,558
Currie & Co. (Newcastle) Ltd. 50 431,906 — (a) (a)
Carvers Ltd.
John Grocock Ltd.
Wharf Garage Ltd.
Kinlochleven Road Transport Co. Ltd. 25 2,500 — (a) (a)
6,184,597 772,309(a) 3,558(a)

NOTES:

(a) Excludes figures for companies in which railway companies did not hold a controlling interest.

(b) Some of the companies listed above were not trading at 31st December, 1947.