§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what information he has as to the number of individual shareholders retaining shares in each of the concerns privatised by Her Majesty's Government since 1979.
§ Mr. Norman LamontThe number of shareholdings in each of the companies privatised since 1979 is as follows:
Company Number of Shareholdings following privatisation1 Latest published number of Shareholdings1 British Aerospace 157,829 136,505 Cable and Wireless 151,796 210,994 Amersham International 63,760 6,572 Britoil 37,257 245,556 Associated British Ports 37,205 N/A Enterprise Oil 13,695 14,166 Jaguar 125,000 42,939 British Telecom 2,051,373 1,581,841 1 These figures are not an exact guide to the number of shareholders in each company, because some holdings are held jointly in more than one name. They also include holdings in the employee share schemes.