§ Mr. Edward Milneasked the Minister of Transport if he will publish details of the income, gross profits and net profits of Thomas Cook and Son in each of the last five years to the latest available date.
§ Mr. MarshThe consolidated profits of the Thos. Cook and Son group of companies for each of the last five available years is as follows:—
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Before Tax After Tax £ £ 1963 … 1,425,000 696,000 1964 … 1,714,000 824,000 1965 … 2,080,000 1,134,000 1966 … 1,667,000 962,000 1967 … 785,000 374,000 The profit and loss account of Thos. Cook & Son Ltd. itself for each of the above years is available from the Registrar of Companies. Consideration is now being given to the implementation of the requirements of the Companies Act, 1967, which will require disclosure of company income in future. Such information has not been required for past years and the Transport Holding Company advise me that it would be against the commercial interest of Thos. Cooks to provide it for those years.