HC Deb 11 April 1968 vol 762 c312W
Mr. Whitaker

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what approximate sums of public money were given, or lent to companies in each of the last five years; and how much has been respectively repaid, written off, or otherwise lost, and paid as resultant interest, dividend, or in other form of direct financial profit to the Exchequer.

Mr. Diamond

This information is not centrally available and could not be collected without disproprtionate time and expense.