§ Mrs. Ann Taylorasked the Secretary of Stae for Industry how many subsidiaries are controlled by, respectively, the largest 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 and 200 United Kingdom companies.
§ Mr. Gregor MackenzieOn the basis of the ordering by size of turnover of United Kingdom industrial companies given in "The Times 1000 1974–75" and using "Who Owns Whom 1975–76" to obtain the number of their subsidiary companies, the figures are as follows:
Number of largest companies Estimated number of subsidiaries 5 1,000 10 2,500 20 5,400 50 11,300 100 18,300 200 25,700