§ Mr. Alfred Morrisasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry for each year since and including 1979 how many directors of companies were prosecuted for not filing accounts at Companies House.
§ Mr. FletcherRecords are not maintained which would enable me to give the number of directors prosecuted for failure to deliver accounts. The following figures relate therefore to prosecutions for failure to deliver accounts and-or annual returns.
Prosecutions 1979 1,344 1980 1,058 1981 935 1982 920 1983 871
§ Mr. Alfred Morrisasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list his powers to require registered companies to file their accounts annually at Companies House.
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§ Mr. FletcherFailure to file is a criminal offence and I would normally institute criminal proceedings in cases of public complaint where normal reminder action had failed.
§ Mr. Alfred Morrisasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many companies were in default by reason of their failure to file accounts at Companies House on 1 March in each year from 1979 to 1984.
§ Mr. FletcherThe information is as follows:
Number 1979 266,000 1980 285,000 1981 331,000 1982 399,000 1983 406,000 1984 399,000 Note: The figure for 1979 is an estimate.