§ Mr. Ridleyasked the President of the, Board of Trade if he will give the figures for voluntary and forced liquidations of 572W companies, both in total, and for the building and civil engineering industry for each of the last eight quarters.
§ Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody:The available figures are as follows:
NUMBERS (ENGLAND AND WALES) Forced liquidations* Total Constriction‡ voluntary liquidations †Total 1968 Q2 … 775 N/A 1,448 Q3 … 587 N/A 1,285 Q4 … 908 N/A 1,562 1969 Q1 … 872 144 1,272 Q2 … 871 156 1,404 Q3 … 798 150 1,090 Q4 … 969 200 1,063 1970 Q1 … 979 N/A 1,146 * Compulsory liquidations and creditors voluntary liquidations. †Members' voluntary liquidations. ‡Order XX of Standard Industrial Classification. N/A Not available.