§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a table of figures giving the number of bankruptcies recorded in the London Bankruptcy Court for 1971 and how these figures compare with the previous year; how many Receiving Orders were made by this court for 1971 as compared with 1970 and how these compared with 1964; and whether he will give similar details on a national basis.
§ Mr. RidleyThe proportion of cases dealt with in the High Court in London has been increasing, and though the number of Receiving and Administration Orders made there was higher in 1971 than in 1970, in England and Wales as a whole it was lower.
The available figures are as follows:
NUMBER OF RECEIVING AND ADMINISTRATION ORDERS MADE In the High Court In England and Wales 1964 677 3,552 1970 1,100 4,907 1971 (provisional) 1,430 4,635