asked the Secretary of State for Industry whether he will list in the Official Report the dates, and the companies concerned, when the National Enterprise Board has been given directions under section 3 of the Industry Act.
On 25th March 1977 and 21st April 1978 to provide financial assistance to British Leyland Ltd.
asked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will publish in the Official Report a list of the shareholdings held by the National Enterprise Board on 15th November, showing the number and description of the shares, the percentage of total equity held by the National Enterprise Board, the cost of the shareholding and, where appropriate, the market value of the shareholding at close of business on 15th November.
At 15th November 1978 the following shareholdings had been announced by the NEB:
Company
| Number and description of shares held by NEB
| Percentage of nominal value of total equity
| Stock Exchange Quotation (closing price 13th November where available)
| ||||
Cost £000 | |||||||
| Agemapark Ltd. | … | 3,700 £1 ordinary | … | … | 30·0 | 100 | |
| 50,000 £1 redeemable preference | … | … | Not equity | 50 | |||
| Aqualisa Products Ltd. | … | 4,000 £1 ordinary | … | … | 40·0 | 4 | |
| 65, 000 £1 redeemable preference | … | … | Not equity | 65 | |||
| Automation and Technical Services (Holdings) Ltd. | … | 45,000 £1 ordinary | … | … | 30·0 | 50 | |
| 100,000 £1 redeemable preference | … | … | Not equity | 100 | |||
| Barrow Hepburn Group Ltd. | … | 1,000,000 25p ordinary | … | … | 4·1 | 450 | 36p |
| BL Ltd. | … | 1,144,554,026 50p ordinary | … | … | 98·9 | 695,523 | 20p |
| British Tanners Products Ltd. | … | 2,000,000 £1 ordinary | … | … | 50·0 | 2,000 | |
| Brown Boveri Kent Ltd. | … | 10,856,585 25p ordinary | … | … | 20·0 | 3,293 | 45p |
| BTB (Engineering) Ltd. | … | 30,000 £1 redeemable preference | … | … | 50·0 | 30 | |
| Bull Motors Ltd. | … | 500,000 £1 ordinary | … | … | 100·0 | 500 | |
| Cambridge Instrument Co. Ltd. | … | 412,684,225 1p ordinary | … | … | 79·7 | 5,020 | |
| 4,261,757 10p ordinary | … | … | |||||
| 50,000,000 £1 ordinary | … | … | Not equity | 500 | |||
| R. R. Chapman (Sub Sea Surveys) Ltd. | … | 50,000 £1 ordinary | … | … | 42·7 | 50 | |
| Computer Analysts and Programmers (Holdings) Ltd. | … | 1,372,760 10p ordinary | … | … | 29·9 | 549 | |
| Computer and Systems Engineering Ltd. | … | 349,750 5p ordinary | … | … | 49·9 | 882 | |
| 15,200 £1 redeemable preference | … | … | Not equity | 48 | |||
| Date Recording Instrument Co. Ltd. | … | 3,970,337 £1 ordinary | … | … | 63·1 | 3,977 | |
| 1,000,000 £1 redeemable preference | … | … | Not equity | 1,000 | |||
| The Energy Equipment Co. Ltd. | … | 75,000 £1 preference | … | … | 42·9 | 75 | |
| 100,000 £1 preference | … | … | Not equity | 100 | |||
| 125,000 £1 preference | … | … | 125 | ||||
| Fairey Holdings Ltd. | … | 18,000,000 £1 ordinary | … | … | 100·0 | 18,000 | |
| Ferranti Ltd. | … | 10,666,666 50p ordinary | … | … | 50·0 | 6,933 | |
| Hemmings Plastics Ltd. | … | 100,000 £1 redeemable preference | … | … | Not equity | 100 | |
| Herbert Ltd. | … | 83,632,948 25p ordinary | … | … | 100·0 | 36,196 | |
| Hird Brown Ltd. | … | 250,000 £1 redeemable preference | … | … | 100·0 | 250 | |
| Hydraroll Ltd. | … | 4,500 £1 ordinary | … | … | 48·9 | 5 | |
| 60,000 £1 redeemable preference | … | … | Not equity | 60 | |||
| ICL Ltd. | … | 8,148,750 £1 ordinary | … | … | 24·4 | 12,134 | 425p |
| Inmos Ltd. | … | 370,000 25p ordinary | … | … | 67·3 | 92 | |
| 5,000 £100 preference | … | … | Not equity | 500 | |||
Commpany
| Number and description of shares held by NEB
| Percentage of nominal value of total equity
| Cost
| Stock Exchange Quotation (closing price 13th November) where available
| |||||
| £'000 | |||||||||
| INSCA Date Systems Ltd. | … | … | … | 2,150,000 £1 ordinary | … | … | 100·0 | 2,150 | |
| J. & P. Engineering Ltd. | … | … | … | 45,000 £1 ordinary | … | … | 33·3 | 100 | |
| Keland Electrics Ltd. | … | … | … | 100,000 £1 ordinary | … | … | 100·0 | 100 | |
| Mayflower Packaging Ltd. | … | … | … | 60,000 redeemable preference | … | … | 33·3 | 60 | |
| 60,000 redeemable preference | … | … | Not equity | 60 | |||||
| The Mollart Engineering Co. Ltd. | … | … | … | 46,822 £1 ordinary | … | … | 70·6 | 382 | |
| Monotype Holdings Ltd. | … | … | … | 250,000 £1 ordinary | … | … | 37·5 | 250 | |
| Negretti and Zambra Ltd. | … | … | … | 960,000 25p ordinary | … | … | 29·8 | 710 | |
| 460,622 £1 redeemable preference | … | … | Not equity | 461 | |||||
| Newtown Securities (Northern) Ltd. | … | … | … | 125,000 £1 ordinary | … | … | 50·0 | 125 | |
| North-East Audio Ltd. | … | … | … | 54,450 £1 ordinary | … | … | 49·8 | 99 | |
| 340,000 £1 redeemable preference | … | … | Not equity | 200 | |||||
| Powerdrive PSR Ltd. | … | … | … | 20,000 £1 ordinary | … | … | 40·0 | 20 | |
| 100,000 £1 redeemable preference | … | … | Not equity | 100 | |||||
| 150,000 £1 redeemable preference | … | … | 150 | ||||||
| Power Dynamics Ltd. | … | … | … | 60,000 £1 ordinary | … | … | 33·3 | 60 | |
| 120,000 redeemable preference | … | … | Not equity | 120 | |||||
| Rolls-Royce Ltd. | … | … | … | 203,000,000 £1 ordinary | … | … | 100·0 | 203,000 | |
| Sandiacre Electrics Ltd. | … | … | … | 30,000 £1 ordinary | … | … | 30·0 | 40 | |
| 125,000 £1 redeemable preference | … | … | Not equity | 125 | |||||
| Francis Shaw and Co. Ltd. | … | … | … | 1,400,000 20p ordinary | … | … | Not equity | 546 | |
| Sinclair Radionics Ltd. | … | … | … | 75,000 £1 ordinary | … | … | 73·3 | 650 | |
| 200,000 £1 preference | … | … | Not equity | 2,000 | |||||
| 2,000,000 £1 redeemable preference | … | … | |||||||
| Systems Designers International Ltd. | … | … | … | 3,060 £1 ordianry | … | … | 26·0 | 184 | |
| Systems Programming Holdings Ltd. | … | … | … | 300 £1 'v' voting | … | … | 79·9 | 600 | |
| 600,000 £1 'D' non-voting | … | … | |||||||
| Systime Ltd. | … | … | … | 847 £1 ordinary | … | … | 28·1 | 538 | |
| 476 £1 preference | … | … | |||||||
| Twinlock Ltd. | … | … | … | 7,123,000 10p ordinary | … | … | 33·3 | 997 | |
| United Medical Enterprises Ltd. | … | … | … | 4,619,440 £1 ordinary | … | … | 70·0 | 5,774 | |
| Vicort of London Ltd. | … | … | … | 9,608 £1 ordinary | … | … | 49·0 | 10 | |
| 130,392 redeemable preference | … | … | Not equity | 130 | |||||