HC Deb 14 November 1966 vol 736 cc39-40W
Mr. Barnett

asked the President of the Board of Trade what was the number of registered limited companies which went into a creditors liquidation in each of the past five years, giving an analysis by amount of issued share capital in each case.

Mr. Darling

The numbers of compulsory and creditors' voluntary liquidations begun in Great Britain in the years 1961–65 are given in Table VI A of the Com- panies General Annual Report. I regret that an analysis of the issued share capital of the companies concerned could not be given without an undue expenditure of time.

Mr. Barnett

asked the President of the Board of Trade how many new limited companies have been registered since 5th April 1965; and how many were registered in each of the preceding five years.

Mr. Darling

49,163 from 5th April, 1965, to 28th October, 1966. 34,234, 33,545, 34,762, 42,065, 48,194 in the calendar years 1960 to 1964.

Mr. Barnett

asked the President of the Board of Trade what is the number of registered limited companies with an authorised share capital of £100, £1,000 and below, £2,000 and below, £3,000 and below, £4,000 and below, £5,000 and below, and £10,000 and below; and what is the number of registered limited companies at the latest date for which the information is available.

Mr. Darling

I regret that the Information requested in the first part of the question is not readily available. The Companies General Annual Report gives in Table II the number of new registrations analysed according to nominal share capital for the year of the report and each of the nine preceding years. The number of companies on the registers at 28th October, 1966, excluding those in liquidation or in course of removal from the registers, was 544,213.

Mr. Barnett

asked the President of the Board of Trade, in the latest year for which the information is available, how many limited companies had annual sales of less than £10,000, £20,000, £30,000, £40,000, £50,000, £100,000, £200,000, and £500,000, respectively.

Mr. Darling

I regret that the information is not available.