Companies

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:---------------------
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Information relating to the number of dormant companies or the turnover of trading companies is not readily avail-able.