HC Deb 25 November 1969 vol 792 cc81-2W
Mr. Donald Williams

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will give the numbers of bankruptcies and compulsory liquidations filed in the years 1967-, 1968 and 1969 to the latest available date.

Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody

The following is the information:

Year Receiving Orders and Orders under s. 130 of the Bankruptcy Act 1914 Winding-up Orders
1967 4,224 1,230
1968 4,150 1,108
10 months to 31st October, 1969* 3,807 1,022
* Provisional figures.