§ Mr. HarveyTo ask the President of the Board of Trade how many inquiries into alleged insider dealing his Department has undertaken under the Financial Services Act 1986 in the past three years; what period of time elapsed between the decision to commence an inquiry and its completion in each case; and on how many occasions persons other than departmental staff have been used as investigators.
§ Mr. HeseltineIn the last three years inspectors have been appointed to investigate alleged insider dealing under section 177 of the Financial Services Act 1986 on 10 occasions as follows:
Case Date of appointment Date of report Inspectors A 19 December 1991 31 July 1992 Internal B 21 February 1992 Not yet reported Internal C 6 July 1992 31 December 1992 Internal D 13 May 1993 30 September 1993 Internal E 8 September 1993 26 August 1994 Internal F 1 November 1993 Not yet reported External G 28 January 1994 26 April 1994 Internal H 8 February 1994 19 July 1994 External I 20 April 1994 Not yet reported Internal J 4 May 1994 Not yet reported Internal