§ Mr. John Mooreasked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each year since 1945 (a) the number of company bankruptcies and (b) the number of company insolvencies.
§ Mr. DellThe numbers of company liquidations involving insolvency—com-338W pulsory liquidations and creditors' voluntary liquidations—in England and Wales begun during the relevant years are as follows:
1945 57* 1946 78* 1947 161* 1948 816 1949 1,066 1950 1,263 1951 1,027 1952 1,333 1953 1,319 1954 1,275 1955 1,169 1956 1,200 1957 1,081 1958 1,312 1959 1,294 1960 1,563 1961 1,846 1962 2,196 1963 2,154 1964 2,104 1 965 2,595 1966 3,250 1967 3,535 1968 3,165 1969 3,510 1970 3,689 1971 3,506 1972 3,063 1973 2,575 1974 3,720 1975 5,398 1976 5,939 1977 5,848 * Compulsory liquidations only. Figures for creditors' voluntary liquidations are not available for years before 1948.