To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many late filing penalties were imposed by Companies House in October (a) 2007 and (b) 2006; and how much revenue was raised by the Government through such late filing penalties in each year. (168377)

In October 2006 Companies House issued 15,969 late filing penalties with a value of £3,868,000. The actual revenue received in that month was £3,435,537.

In October 2007 Companies House issued 17,397 late filing penalties with a value of £4,168,000. The actual revenue received in that month was £3,339,974.

The total amount of late filing penalties collected and passed to the Treasury for the months requested does not relate to the amounts levied for the same periods as there is a time lag between penalties being issued and collected.