HC Deb 07 August 1975 vol 897 c521W
Mr. Wrigglesworth

asked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will draw the Inter-Departmental Working Party Report on Education and Training for Offshore Development to the attention of polytechnics in the Northern Region of England with a view to concentrating efforts on a single centre, as recommended in the Report of the Select Committee on Science and Technology in July 1974.

Mr. Mulley

I have been asked to reply.

I would refer my hon. Friend to paragraph 64 of the White Paper "Select Committee on Science and Technology, Government Observations on Report, Session 1974, Offshore Engineering"

ENGLAND AND WALES
Compulsory Liquidations Creditors voluntary Liquidations Total
1973 1,080 1,495 2,575
1974 1,395 2,325 3,720
Period to 30th June 1975 (Provisional) 1,141 1,426 2,567
SCOTLAND
1973 25 73 98
1974 42 113 155
Period to 30th June 1975 (Provisional) 26 85 111