Joint Stocks Companies

HC Deb 19 May 1952 vol 501 c18W

93. Mr. Albu

asked the President of the Board of Trade the number of public joint stock companies, private joint stock companies and exempt private joint stock companies at the most recent convenient date and in 1938 and 1945.

Mr. H. Strauss

Following is the answer:

	Public Companies	Private Companies
31st December, 1938	14,355	143,221
31st December, 1945	13,171	178,558
31st December, 1951	11,778	244,166 (of which exempt private companies)*

The figures exclude companies in liquidation or in course of removal from the Register.

^* Exempt private companies were introduced for the first time by the Companies Act, 1948.