§ Mr. Skinnerasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many (a) bankruptcies and (b) company liquidations took place in 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984 and to the nearest available date in 1985.
§ Mr. HowardThe information requested for the years 1979 to 1984 was published inBritish business on 1 November 1985, a copy of which is available in the Library of the House. Provisional estimates show that there were 5,708 bankruptcies and 12,328 company liquidations in the first ten months of 1985.