§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will give, for any stated period of time, without undue expenditure of staff and resources, the number of cases of default in respect of annual returns and reports of companies as laid down under the Companies Acts; and in how many of these cases action was taken either by prosecution or other stated methods
§ Mr. NobleAs I explained on 7th August, it will not be possible to supply the information without disproportionate cost until the process of computerising the records has been completed. Information about the number of prosecutions is published in the Companies Annual Report.—[Vol. 842, c. 1249–51.]