HC Deb 01 March 1990 vol 168 c315W
Mr. George Howarth

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the levels of business failures in Northern Ireland in 1989.

Mr. Needham

During 1989, 176 companies went into liquidation compared with 174 in the previous year. Two hundred and twenty one bankruptcy orders were made in 1989 compared with 146 in 1988.