§ Mr. Nellistasked the Secretary of Stale for Trade and Industry how many firms have gone into receivership or liquidation in each year since 1979 in Coventry, the west midlands and nationally.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherThe figures are:
1979 1980 1981 1982 Company Liquidations* England and Wales 4,537 6,890 8,596 12,067 Bankruptcies† England and Wales 3,214 3,704 4,820 5,365 West Midlands county 153 190 217 309 Coventry 18 27 28 43 * Compulsory and creditors' voluntary; not available by area. † Net cases administered, after consolidations and recissions. Covers all individuals and partnerships; in England and Wales the self-employed account for between 75 and 80 per cent, of the total. Figures for England and Wales include deeds of arrangement—46 in 1982—not available by area.