§ 3. Mr. Meacherasked 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. RidleyThe 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.