§ Mr. Holtasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many companies in the furniture sector have gone into liquidation in each of the past 10 years.
§ Mr. HowardSeparate figures for the furniture industry on its own are not available. Information on insolvencies in the timber and wooden furniture industry in England and Wales is in the table:
Bankruptcies Company liquidations 1976 31 121 1977 24 128 1978 29 128 1979 28 116 1980 24 211 1981 25 203 1982 31 350 1983 40 294 1984 61 382 1985 n/a *495 * Provisional. n/a=Not available. The bankruptcy figures include receiving orders and administration orders: the total is the net number of cases administered after consolidations and rescissions.