HC Deb 25 February 1987 vol 111 c293W
74. Mr. Alan Howarth

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what is his latest estimate of the number of individual shareholders in the United Kingdom; and what was the equivalent figure eight years ago.

Mr. Howard

Statistics on the number of individual shareholders are not kept by this Department. But it is generally accepted that the number of individual share owners has approximately trebled since 1979.