§ 78. Sir C. Osborneasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will give in column form the number of bankruptcies for each of the last 10 years, and for 1967 to the latest convenient date.
§ Mr. DarlingThe numbers of Receiving Orders and Orders of Administration made under Section 130 of the Bankruptcy Act, 1914, in England and Wales in the years 1957–1966 and in the first nine months of 1967 were as follows:
Year Numbers 1957 2,160 1958 2,337 1959 2,389 1960 2,944 1961 3,642 1962 4,273 1963 4,129 1964 3,552 1965 3,556 1966 3,862 For nine months to 30th September 1967 3,264