§ Mr. Pattieasked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will list the number of bankruptcies, the number of compulsory company liquidations, the number of creditors voluntary liquidations and the number of members' voluntary liquidations (a) in each year since 1970 and (b) from February 1974 to the latest available date.
§ Mr. Clinton Davis:Figures for England and Wales up to 1977 for the first three categories are given in "Trade and Industry ", 3rd November 1978, page 245, and for the last three categories in 863W " Companies in 1977 ", Table 8a. The latter source also gives figures for Scotland.
1978 February 1974 to December 1978 Bankruptcies* … … … … 3,720 27,552 Company liquidations†—compulsory … … … … 2,240 10,777 creditors' voluntary … … … … 2,840 14,985 members' voluntary … … … … 3,624 18,858 *Receiving and administration orders made. †The figures are for liquidations during each year.