§ Mr. Greville Jannerasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many directors and how many other officers of companies have been disqualified from acting in that capacity under Section 188 of the Companies Act 1948 during each of the years during which that section has been in operation; and what proportion of each such disqualification has been for one, two, three, four and live years respectively.
§ Sir G. HoweThe information available to the Department shows that 149 orders have so far been made under Sec-118W tion 188 of the Companies Act 1948. Of these, disqualification for two years was ordered in six cases, for three years in 20 cases, for four years in 16 cases and for five years in 107 cases. The yearly figures are as follows:—
1948 nil 1949 nil 1950 1 1951 4 1952 2 1953 4 1954 5 1955 3 1956 1 1957 8 1958 2 1959 5 1960 4 1961 6 1962 5 1963 5 1964 13 1965 7 1966 6 1967 6 1968 10 1969 6 1970 13 1971 14 1972 13 1973 (to date) 6