Hire Purchase and Credit Sales (Prosecutions)

HC Deb 23 June 1969 vol 785 cc218-9W

Mr. Bryan

asked the President of the Board of Trade how many prosecutions have been initiated, in each six-monthly period over the last four years, arising from offences under the Control of Hiring Order 1964 and the Hire Purchase and Credit Sales Agreements (Control) Order 1964, respectively; and how many were successful.

Mr. Dell

The following is the information:

recording of exports; and when this investigation was starter.

Mr. Dell

The decision to carry out a special countrywide investigation was made in spring 1968 and it began at once. It has been possible to quantify the results only in the past few weeks.

Mr. Maurice Macmillan

asked the President of the Board of Trade what was the size of the error in the recorded export figures due to traders not making declarations and traders entering carriage, insurance, freight values instead of free on board values, respectively.

Mr. Dell

The error due to under-recording is probably within the range of 3 to 4 per cent.; that due to overvaluation is about 1 per cent. These estimates are still under examination.