§ Mr. J. H. Osbornasked the President of the Board of Trade what was the number of companies, and the approximate capital assets involved in the hands of the Official Receiver on 1st January, 1965, 1st January, 1966, and 1st January, 1967.
§ Mr. DarlingThe numbers of compulsory liquidations being administered in England and Wales by Official Receivers and non-official liquidators were as follows:
Official Receivers Non-official liquidators On 1st January, 1965 1,701 1,315 On 1st January, 1966 1,863 1,344 On 1st January, 1967 2,027 1,448 The approximate figures of balances on the accounts of such liquidations as at 1st January, 1967, were:
respectively.
Official Receivers £1 million Non-official liquidators £4½ million I regret that figures for the two preceding years could not be obtained without an undue expense of time.
§ Mr. J. H. Osbornasked the President of the Board of Trade what was the number of companies liquidated by the Official Receiver and the value of the assets realised during the year ended 31st December, 1966, 31st December, 1965, and 31st December, 1964, respectively.
§ Mr. DarlingThe numbers of compulsory winding-up orders made in England and Wales were as follows:
1964 724 1965 805 1966 934 I regret that the values of the assets realised in each of these three years could not be ascertained without an undue expense of time.