§ Mr. Laurence RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will make a statement on the pension rights of employees of British Energy following the financial restructuring of that company. [143119]
560WOfficial Receiver's Office that dealt with the case. There are no official breakdowns available by age, sex, ethnicity, housing tenure or household structure of the bankrupt.
The following table gives the total number of bankruptcies by regions classified according to groupings of Official Receivers' Offices falling within them from 1999 to 2002 and the first three quarters of 2003.
§ Mr. Timms[holding answer 9 December 2003]: British Energy's proposed restructuring is intended to restore the company to long-term viability in the private sector. The pension rights of its employees will remain the responsibility of the company as at present.
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