§ Mr. McMahonasked the Minister for Trade how many industrial and commercial companies in Scotland have gone into voluntary liquidation since March 1980.
§ Dr. Vaughan:I regret that information is not available separately for industrial and commercial companies. There were 714 creditors' voluntary liquidations—the type that involves insolvency—in Scotland during the period April 1980 to September 1982.
§ Mr. McMahonasked the Minister for Trade how many United Kingdom industrial and commercial companies have gone into liquidation since March 1980.
§ Dr. Vaughan:I regret that separate figures for industrial and commercial companies are not available. The total number of compulsory and creditors' voluntary liquidations—the two types which involve insolvency —in the United Kingdom during the period April 1980 to September 1982 was 24,012.