§ Mr. Warrenasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many bankruptcy proceedings against private companies have been instituted by training boards during the present financial year or the most recent date for which statistics are available.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that bankruptcy proceedings are considered only as a last resort in an attempt to collect unpaid levy. In the current financial year proceedings have been instituted against 27 individual employers.