§ Mr. J. H. Osbornasked the President of the Board of Trade (1) what was the total number of compulsory liquidations involving the official receiver and voluntary liquidations, respectively, commencing in 1967; and how this figure compares with 1965 and 1966;
(2)of the total number of compulsory liquidations in 1967, how many involved public companies and how many private companies: and how these figures compare with 1965 and 1966;
(3)of the total number of voluntary liquidations in 1967, how many involved public and how many involved private companies; and how these figures compare with 1965 and 1966.
§ Mr. Darling:The numbers of compulsory and voluntary liquidations commencing in England and Wales in each of the years 1965–67 were:
Year Compulsory Liquidations Voluntary Liquidations 1965 … … … 805 5,869 1966 … … … 934 10,512 1967 … … … 1,257 7,146 Separate statistics of the liquidations of public and private companies are not available.