HC Deb 15 December 1992 vol 216 c148W
Mr. Cousins

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list the occasions instalment payments were allowed in sales of Government stock held under the control of his Department; and if he will list the occasions when full payment of such stock was demanded.

Mr. Eggar

[holding answer 14 December 1992]: For privatisation by flotation and secondary share offers held under the control of my Department or its predecessors, the occasions on which payment for shares was by instalments and those on which full payment was asked for are listed at 1 and 2 respectively of the table.

Privatisation by flotation and secondary share offers under the control of DTI or predecessor departments.

1—Payment by instalments

  • Britoil (1982)
  • British Aerospace (1985)
  • British Gas
  • British Steel
  • British Telecom (1984)
  • Eastern Electricity
  • East Midlands Electricity
  • Enterprise Oil
  • London Electricity
  • Manweb
  • Midlands Electricity
  • National Power
  • Northern Electricity
  • Norweb
  • PowerGen
  • Rolls-Royce
  • Seeboard
  • Southern Electricity
  • South Wales Electricity
  • South Western Electricity
  • Yorkshire Electricity Group

2—Payment in full

  • Amersham International
  • British Aerospace (1981)
  • Cable and Wireless
  • Jaguar

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