HC Deb 26 February 1990 vol 168 cc16-8W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list those inspectors' reports completed since 1979 which remain unpublished.

Mr. Redwood

The information requested by the hon. Member is as follows:

Company Name Date of Report
Intervestor SA 31 August 1979
Elliott Group of Peterborough Limited 125 September 1979
216 October 1980
Helmville Limited 13 November 1979
Company Name Date of Report
Wilson-Mandleberg Limited 30 April 1980
Brush Aggregates Limited 30 June 1980
Parsons, Sherwin and Company Limited 03 July 1980
Andromeda Electronics Limited 01 September 1980
Reliance Plastering Limited 04 September 1980
Alarmount Properties Limited 27 November 1980
Portcarne Holdings Limited
Mancrest Limited
H. & C. Davis Company Limited 223 December 1980
Dunlop Holdings Limited 310 March 1981
212 November 1981
Metalman Engineering Limited 15 May 1981
Brymore (Steels) Limited 15 May 1981
Phoenix Shipbuilders Limited 25 May 1982
Allied Suppliers (Ireland) Limited 29 April 1983
Hartley Baird plc 21 December 1983
Riafield Limited 30 December 1983
Cubar Construction Co. Limited 28 August 1984
Euroseas Securities Limited 5 March 1985
130 December 1985
Alexander Howden Group plc 226 June 1987
Hartley Baird plc 23 May 1986
Pharmaceutex (IV Fluid) Limited 4 June 1986
Drivehouse Limited
Furdrove Limited
Corporate Management Planning Limited 24 September 1986
British Anzani plc 28 November 1986
Euroflame Holdings plc 27 June 1987
Medway Secondary Metals Limited 21 October 1987
House of Fraser Holdings plc 23 July 1988
Signal Life Assurance Co. Limited 16 November 1988
Guinness plc 124 November 1988
Aldermanbury Trust plc 120 December 1988
113 January 1989
Consolidated Gold Fields plc 15 April 1989
Graylaw Holdings Limited 28 November 1989
Link Service Stations Limited
Bank Street Securities Limited 28 November 1989
Pennine Commercial Holdings plc 128 November 1989
The Animal Defence Society Limited 31 December 1989
Minet Holdings plc 216 January 1990
WMD Underwriting Agencies Limited 424 July 1986
1 Interim.
2 Final.
3 Second interim.
4 Interim published.

Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what are the costs associated with each of the inspectors' reports published in 1988–89.

Mr. Redwood

The inspectors' reports published during 1988–89 with their costs are as follows:

Name of Company Date of Publication Cost £
Emray plc (Now Equity and General plc) 5 May 1988 23,993
Milbury plc
Westminster Property Group Limited 27 October 1988 1,136,065
Sumrie Clothes plc (Now Summer International plc) 14 December 1988 58,101
Bremner plc 7 June 1989 153,156
County NatWest Limited
County NatWest Securities Limited 20 July 1989 1,088,880
Consolidated Gold Fields plc 6 September 1989 150,771

One of the Emray inspectors was a departmental officer whose cost is not separately identifiable. The report on The Greenbank Trust plc was published on 5 August 1988. The inspectors were departmental officers and the costs of the inspection are not available.