HC Deb 02 February 1971 vol 810 cc362-3W
Mr. Elystan Morgan

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many full-time farmers have had receiving orders in bankruptcy made against them in each of the years 1960 to 1970, inclusive.

Mr. Ridley

The numbers of receiving orders and orders under Section 130 of the Bankruptcy Act, 1914 (including deeds of arrangement) have been as follows:

1960 152
1961 222
1962 262
1963 229
1964 165
1965 166
1966 181
1967 193
137
1968
174*
1969 225*
1970 January-June 93*
* Including market gardeners, previously excluded.