Bankruptcies (Construction Industry) (Hansard, 2 December 1977)

HC Deb 02 December 1977 vol 940 cc472-3W 473W

§ Mr. Sillars
asked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will publish the number of bankruptcies in construction in Scotland in each of the past three years.

§ Mr. Clinton Davis
The figures are:

Sequestration orders^* Company liquidations†

1974 13 25

1975 16 39

1976 10 65

^* Orders made in the period. Excludes summary sequestration orders, for which no information about the debtor's occupation is available.

† The total of compulsory liquidations and creditors' voluntary liquidations begun in the period.

	Sequestration orders^*	Company liquidations†
1974	13	25
1975	16	39
1976	10	65
^* Orders made in the period. Excludes summary sequestration orders, for which no information about the debtor's occupation is available.
† The total of compulsory liquidations and creditors' voluntary liquidations begun in the period.