HC Deb 09 May 1995 vol 259 cc358-9W
Mrs. Helen Jackson

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what were the outstanding liabilities of British Beef when it went into receivership. [22606]

Mr. Jonathan Evans

British Beef Co. Ltd. went into administrative receivership on 23 March 1995. The joint receivers have informed my officials that the directors estimated the realisable value of the company's assets at that date to be £14 million and that secured creditors were owed £8.5 million, preferential creditors £0.75 million and unsecured creditors £6 million.