HC Deb 15 July 1992 vol 211 c783W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the President of the Board of Trade how many times in 1989, 1990 and 1991 company auditors filed a statement in respect of sections 390(2)a and (2)b of the Companies Act 1985.

Mr. Neil Hamilton

The number of notices of auditors' resignations received by the registrars of companies for England and Wales and for Scotland was as follows:

Year Number of notices
1989 9,452
1990 12,494
1991 15,787

Until 31 March 1990 notices were sent in accordance with section 390(3) of the Companies Act 1985, as originally enacted. Subsequently notices were sent in accordance with section 392(3) of the Companies Act 1985, as substituted by the Companies Act 1989.

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