§ Mrs. BrowningTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the DTI inquiries since 1985 that have been subject to independent inspection under section 432 of the Companies Act 1985. [106349]
§ Mr. Byers[holding answer 24 January 2000]: The following schedule lists those appointments under section 432 which have been announced and where one or more of the inspectors were non-Departmental staff. However, all inspectors have a statutory authority separate from the Department.
Company Date of appointment Milbury plc 27 August 1985 Guinness plc 28 November 1986 House of Fraser Holdings plc 9 April 1987 The Animal Defence Society Ltd. 20 November 1987 James Furguson Holdings plc 10 June 1988 Barlow Clowes Gilt Managers Ltd. 10 June 1988 Aldermanbury Trust plc 1 September 1988 County NatWest Ltd. 19 December 1988 County NatWest Securities Ltd. 19 December 1988 Sound Diffusion plc 9 March 1989 Blue Arrow plc 26 May 1989 The Bestwood plc 23 June 1989 Atlanta Fund Managers Ltd. 23 June 1989 The Milford Docks Company 30 June 1989 BOM Holdings Ltd. 6 February 1990 Atlantic Computers plc 15 June 1990 Atlantic Computer Systems plc 15 June 1990 London United Investments plc 2 November 1990 CR Driver and Company Ltd. 2 November 1990 Norton Group plc 7 January 1991 National Westminster Bank plc 12 March 1992 Mirror Group Newspapers plc 8 June 1992 Chancery plc 5 August 1993 Queens Moat Houses plc 12 November 1993 TransTec plc 20 January 2000