§ Mr. Battleasked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what has been the number of bankruptcies in businesses employing fewer than 50 people in Leeds, West constituency for each of the past five years; and in each case how many redundancies occured.
§ Mr. ButcherThe information that is available is given in the table. Bankruptcies cover individuals and partnerships: in England and Wales as a whole between 70 and 75 per cent. of bankruptcies are unincorporated businesses. No records are kept of the numbers of employees of unincorporated businesses declared bankrupt and no regional analysis is made of company liquidations. 305W
Numbers of Bankruptcies in the Leeds county court 1982–86: Number 1982 44 1983 61 1984 72 1985 83 19861 71 1 Provisional.