HC Deb 31 January 1996 vol 270 c767W
Mrs. Clwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) if he will name the Guatemalan police officers who have been trained in Britain since 1985, specifying each officer's rank and the date of commencement and of completion of the training; [12517]

(2) if he will name the Guatemalan police officers who have undergone study tours to the United Kingdom since 1985, in each case specifying the officer's rank and the date of commencement and of completion of the training. [12518]

Sir Nicholas Bonsor

I refer the hon. Member to the answer that I gave to the hon. Member for Stretford (Mr. Lloyd) on 27 November 1995,Official Report, column 429. We have no record of any Guatemalan police officers being trained or attending study tours in the United Kingdom since 1985. However, we have offered a place for one police officer to attend the overseas command course at Bramshill in 1996.

Individual insolvencies in the United Kingdom
Year England and Wales Scotland Northern Ireland
Bankruptcy orders1 Total2 individual insolvencies Sequestrations3 Bankruptcies4 Total personal insolvency orders5
1985 6,730 6,778 298 150 150
1986 7,093 7,155 437 193 193
1987 6,994 7,427 808 134 134
1988 7,717 8,507 1,401 164 164
1989 8,138 9,365 2,301 238 238
1990 12,058 13,987 4,350 286 286
1991 22,632 25,640 7,665 367 369
1992 32,106 36,794 10,845 406 448
1993 31,016 36,703 6,828 474 541
1994 25,634 30,739 2,182 428 512
19956: Q1–Q37 16,726 20,044 1,749 306 358

Notes:

1Figures for bankruptcy orders include administration orders, which are bankruptcy orders relating to the estate of a deceased debtor.

2Total Individual Insolvencies in England and Wales comprise Bankruptcy orders, Individual voluntary arrangements and Deeds of arrangement.

3Insolvent individuals in Scotland are subject to sequestration under the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985. The Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1993 amending the 1985 Act came into force on 1 April 1993 and will have affected the number of sequestrations in the Scottish Courts.

4NI Bankruptcies comprise Bankruptcy adjudication orders, Arrangement protection orders and Orders for the administration of estates of deceased insolvents.

5NI Total comprises Bankruptcies and Individual voluntary arrangements.

6Data for 1995 will be published (for England and Wales, and Scotland) on 2 February 1996.

7Provisional.

Sources:

DTI and Northern Ireland Insolvency Service.