§ Mr. Michael Marshallasked the Secretary of State for Industry how many individual inquiries have been sent identical to that reference 3/104/1/L/14/3 dated 7th September 1976 to Mr. D. H. L. Hopkinson regarding the nature of shareholdings, which information is over and above that already available, as part of the Department's survey of company share registers; and what is the cost of this exercise to date.
§ Mr. Les Huckfield3,625 inquiries have been sent to individual shareholders, at a cost to date of approximately £3,000.