§ Mr. Tim SmithTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what information he has as to the ownership of Woodhill Developments Ltd., formerly Bushart Ltd.
§ Mr. MaudeThe Registrar of Companies tells me that an annual return giving details of this company's shareholdings is not yet due to be filed. The current holders of the two subscriber shares should however be shown in the company's register of members, available for inspection at the registered office, 1 Harley Street, London W1A 4DG.
Copies of documents delivered to the Registrar of Companies are available for public inspection at Companies House, Cardiff and London.
20Wreport commissioned from management consultants on the hiving off of the Patent Office, as referred to in the 1986 annual report of the Comptroller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks, House of Commons 323, 1986–87, paragraph 1.
§ Mr. ButcherNo. This report was submitted to my Department on a confidential basis as part of the run-up to the proposed hiving-off of the Patent Office. That proposal has since been abandoned for the reasons given by my right hon. and noble Friend the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry on 29 October 1987,Official Report, House of Lords, at columns 775–76.
§ Mr. BlairTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will publish in theOfficial Report a reconciliation of the expenditure and receipts table for calendar year 1986 of the Patent Office, House of Commons Paper 323, 1986–87, paragraph 14, with the financial year figures provided in the 1986–87 Appropriation Accounts, class V, vote 2, House of Commons 107–IV, 1987–88; and if he will indicate whether the Comptroller and Auditor General audits the calendar year figures as well as the appropriation accounts.
§ Mr. ButcherThe reconciliation cannot be provided other than at disproportionate cost.
As part of routine audit activity the Comptroller and Auditor General has from time to time examined the material used to produce the calendar year figures.
§ Mr. BlairTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will list in theOfficial Report the facilities and offices operated by the Patent Office, indicating the standard economic region in which they are located and stating both approved establishments and actual employment in 1987.
§ Mr. ButcherThe information requested is as follows:
§ Mr. Tim SmithTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what information he has about the application by Woodhill Developments Ltd. to become a member of the Investment Management Regulatory Organisation.
§ Mr. MaudeI understand that Woodhill Developments Ltd. held interim authorisation under the Financial Services Act as a consequence of its application to join the Investment Management Regulatory Organisation, but has now withdrawn its application. Interim authorisation has therefore lapsed. Applications for membership of a self-regulatory organisation recognised under the Financial Services Act are matters for the organisation concerned.