§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what was the cost of preparing inspectors' reports under the Companies Acts since May 1979 distinguishing between reports that were published, and those that were not.
§ Mr. Redwood(holding answer 30 October 1990): I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave on 18 July, Official Report, cols 647–48. The available information for the period June to December 1979 is given in the table:
June to December 1979 Completed Reports 8 Published Final Reports 1 24 Published Interim Reports — Unpublished Final Reports 12 Unpublished Interim Reports 32 1 The cost of one report was £ 106,441. The costs of the five others are not now readily available. 2 Reports were not necessarily published in the same year they were completed. 3 Costs of investigations to interim report stage are not readily available.