HC Deb 19 December 1995 vol 268 cc1048-9W
Mr. Legg

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer in which privatised companies the Government retain a shareholding: and what number of shares the Government own in each such company. [6918]

Mr. Jack

The information requested is included in the table:

Government shareholdings
Company Total Her Majesty's Government Holding Millions
BAA 29.47
British Gas 0.08
BT 30.80
Mersey Docks and Harbour Company 12.41
Anglian Water 2.58
Northumbrian Water 0.27
North West Water 2.70
Severn Trent 3.57
Southern Water 1.21
South West Water 0.11
Thames Water 3.53
Welsh Water (ORD) 0.85
Welsh Water (PREF) 0.92
Wessex Water (ORD) 1.01
Wessex Water (PREF) 1.21
Yorkshire Water 1.50
East Midlands Electricity 0.95
London Electricity 1.12
Midlands Electricity 1.28
Northern Electricity (ORD) 0.79
Seeboard 2.30
Southern Electric 0.92
South Wales Electricity 0.62
Yorkshire Electricity 1.09
National Power 34.49
PowerGen 22.00
Scottish Hydro-Electric 7.69
Scottish Power 18.80
Northern Ireland Electricity 5.40