HC Deb 01 December 1980 vol 995 cc19-20W
Mr. Ron Brown

asked the Secretary of State for Trade how many companies have gone out of business in Scotland since May 1979.

Mr. Eyre

The total number of compulsory and creditors' voluntary liquidations—the two types which involve insolvency—was 454 in the period May 1979 to October 1980 inclusive.