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Mr. Tim Smith
asked the Secretary of State for Trade how many companies were registered at the latest available date; of these, how many were in liquidation or in the course of removal; of the effective balance, how many were public companies and how many private, how many trading and how many dormant; and of those trading, how many had a turnover of £250,000 or less, how many £250,000–£10 million and how many in excess of £10 million.
Mr. John Smith
The number of companies registered at 31st December 1977 was as follows:
| On register | In liquidation or course of removal | Effective number on register | |
| England and Wales: | |||
| Public | 15,439 | 1,120 | 14,319 |
| Private | 657,581 | 76,221 | 581,360 |
| 673,020 | 77,341 | 595,679 | |
| Scotland: | |||
| Public | 1,380 | 64 | 1,316 |
| Private | 31,598 | 1,398 | 30,200 |
| 32,978 | 1,462 | 31,516 | |
| Source: Department of Trade's Annual Report "Companies in 1977". | |||