HC Deb 02 August 1971 vol 822 c216W
3. Mr. Meacher

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many Receiving Orders and Orders of Administration under Section 130 of the Bankruptcy Act, 1914, were made in England and Wales during each month of 1971; and how many redundancies are estimated to have resulted from these bankruptcy orders monthly.

Mr. Ridley

The figures of Receiving and Administration Orders are as follows. Information about numbers of redundancies, so far as it is available, could not be compiled without undue expense.

Numbers of Receiving and Administration Orders
1971
January 392
February 325
March 428
April 345
May 396
June 464

The numbers recorded were reduced to some extent in consequence of delays resulting from the postal strike.