Equity and Loan Stock Holdings (Hansard, 17 December 1969)

§ Mr. Ridley

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will set out the percentage of the equity and loan stock, respectively, and the value of each, which

Name of the Company	Percentage of equity held	Nominal value of equity holding	Percentage of Loan Stock	Value of Loan Stock
Short Brothers and Harland Ltd.	…	69?5*	£1,640,000	Nil	Nil
Upper Clyde Shipbuilders Ltd.	…	10.9	£875,000	100.0‡	£940,000‡
Penarth Dock and Engineering Company†	…	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
British Sugar Corporation Ltd.	…	11.25	£1,125,000	Nil	Nil
The figures shown do not include holdings by official agencies.
^* These shares are held by S.B. (Realisations) Ltd. in which Her Majesty's Government has a 100 per cent. interest.
† The Transport Holding Company, a nationalised industry, holds 36.59 per cent. of the shares, valued at £74,500, in the Penarth Dock and Engineering Company.
‡ The Loan Stock is in Fairfields (Glasgow) Ltd. which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Upper Clyde Shipbuilders.

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is held by the State in Short Brothers and Harland, Upper Clyde Shipbuilders, the Penarth Dock and Engineering Company, and the British Sugar Corporation, respectively.