§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Trade how many Scottish building firms have gone bankrupt in the past 12 months; and how this compares with the same period in 1972 and 1973.
§ Mr. Clinton DavisThe available figures, which relate to the construction industry, are as follows:
Year ending Sequestration orders* Company liquidations† 30th September 1972 Not available 22 30th September 1973 Not available 28 30th September 1976 (provisional) 4 54 * Orders made in the period. Excludes summmary sequestration orders, for which no information about the debtor's occupation is available. † The total of compulsory liquidations and creditors' voluntary liquidations begun in the period.