§ Mr. Gorstasked the Secretary of State for Trade how many bankruptcies there were during the first nine months of 1976; and how these figures compare with those of the previous three years.
§ Mr. Clinton DavisThe numbers of bankruptcies in the United Kingdom during the first nine months of the relevant years are as follows:
1973 … … … 2,847 1974 … … … 4,063 1975 … … … 5,513 1976 … … … 5,349 The figures are totals of receiving orders and administration orders in England and Wales, sequestration orders in Scotland, and adjudication orders, protection orders and administration orders in Northern Ireland, made in the periods. These three sets of figures are broadly comparable.