§ Mr. McNamaraasked the Minister of Trade what information he has as to how many firms went into liquidation in the Hull travel-to-work area from 5 May 1979 to date (a) in service industry and (b) in manufacturing industry.
§ Dr. VaughanI regret that no official figures are available for company liquidations by area within England and Wales.
The nearest available information on bankruptcies in the Hull travel-to-work area is the number of net cases administered by the county court at Kingston-upon-Hull which was 118 in the four years 1979 to 1982. The figure is given for complete years because monthly figures are less reliable. This figure covers all individuals and partnerships and separate details of unincorporated businesses—including their industrial classification—are not available centrally. For England and Wales as a whole, unincorporated businesses account for between 75 and 80 per cent. of total bankruptcies.