§ Mr. David Youngasked the Secretary of State for Trade how many bankruptcies have taken place since May 1979, region by region and industry by industry.
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§ Dr. VaughanBankruptcies handled by the county courts in each region for the calendar years 1979 to 1981 are given in the following table. The figures relate to net cases administered and are given for complete years because the quarterly figures are less reliable and not on exactly the same basis. No similar analysis is possible for company liquidations. An industry analysis for England and Wales for the same period, for both bankruptcies and company liquidations, was published inBritish Business 30 April 1982, page 821, and figures for the first quarter of 1982 are due for publication on 23 July. The total for England and Wales implied by the regional analysis is less than that in table 2 of the article, as the latter includes deeds of arrangement, for which no regional breakdown is available.
Bankruptcies England Total for 1979–81 South East 4,831 East Anglia 461 South West 1,081 West Midlands 959 East Midlands 731 Yorks and Humberside 949 North West 1,350 North 464 Wales 740 Total England and Wales 11,566 Scotland 437 Great Britain Total 12,003