§ Mr. David Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Trade for how many companies annual returns are made to the Registrar of Companies; and what is his estimate, at the latest convenient date, of the number of companies whose annual returns had not been received within 10 months of the end of their financial year.
§ Mr. Clinton DavisAbout 658,800 companies currently registered are required to submit annual returns to the Registrar of Companies for England and Wales. Of these, at present some 211,535 have not submitted returns within 10 months of their normal made-up date. The comparable figures for Scotland are 30,600 and 4,000 respectively.