§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the President of the Board of Trade how many directives he has issued in each of the last five years for the institution of disqualification proceedings showing the number issued(a) after receipt of a report from the Official Receiver and (b) after receipt of a report from insolvency practitioners.
§ Mr. Neil HamiltonThe following number of directions to proceed have been given:
In official receiver cases In insolvency practitioner cases Total 1988–89 201 218 419 1989–90 160 302 462 1990–91 204 295 499 1991–92 304 396 700 1992–93 164 400 564 19931 50 273 323 1 9 months to 31 December 1993.