Companies Act, 1948 (Prosecutions and Convictions)

HC Deb 07 December 1965 vol 722 cc79-80W

Mr. Grant

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will give the number of prosecutions and convictions under the Companies Act, 1948, in each of the years 1960 to 1965.

Mr. Darling

The figures for prosecutions by the Board of Trade in the period 1960 to 1965 are as follows:

	Prosecutions	Convictions
1960	788	645
1961	690	544
1962	684	547
1963	795	620
1964	1,085	829
1965 (1 Jan. to 9 Nov.)	830	806

For the years 1960 to 1964 further information is given in the Companies General Annual Reports, copies of which are available in the Library.