To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what is the cost so far of his Department's investigation into the collapse of British and Commonwealth.

Inspectors were appointed on 15 June 1990 under section 432 of the Companies Act 1985 to investigate and report on the affairs of Atlantic Computers plc and Atlantic Computer Systems plc, companies in the British and Commonwealth group. The cost, so far, of the Atlantic investigation is £3·89 million.