§ Mr. CoxTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what was the number of company insolvencies and liquidations in the Greater London area during each of the last three years.
§ Mr. Neil HamiltonNo geographical information on creditors' voluntary liquidations is available. For compulsory liquidations and bankruptcy orders, the only geographical information is by the court in which the order was made. This is not a good basis for analysing business location, since many cases in England and Wales are dealt with in London regardless of the business's location, and work may be moved between courts according to differing workloads.
Information for businesses in Greater London could be obtained only by scrutinising individual case files, which would involve disproportionate cost.