Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many firm offers were made for mergers and acquisitions of UK companies in financial year (a) 2015-16 and (b) 2016-17 to date.
The Government does not collect these figures.
The Office for National Statistics publishes statistics relating to mergers and acquisitions on its website at: https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/changestobusiness/mergersandacquisitions/bulletins/mergersandacquisitionsinvolvingukcompanies/julytosept2016