§ Mr. Keith HillTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list in respect of each privatisation since 1979 within his Department and the Department of Energy(a) the loss or profit of each company in the five years prior to privatisation and (b) the grants and loans made to the companies over the same period.
§ Mr. EggarThe information cannot be provided except at disproportionate cost. Such information as is readily available on the finances of privatised bodies when they were in the public sector can be found in the following published sources:
For the years up to and including 1989: Parts 2 of the annual volume "The Government's Expenditure Plans".
For 1990 and 1991: the annual Statistical Supplement to the Autumn Statement.
These were published by HMSO in the Command series and are available in the House of Commons Library.