HC Deb 01 November 1995 vol 265 cc351-2W
Mrs. Roche

To ask the President of the Board of Trade how many petitions for bankruptcy have been begun by his Department for businesses with under 500 employees in each of the last five years. [40508]

Mr. Oppenheim

Information on the number of petitions for bankruptcy initiated by my Department could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

However, my Department would initiate such proceedings only in exceptional circumstances and the number of such actions begun in each of the last five years is therefore likely to be very few.

Mrs. Roche

To ask the President of the Board of Trade how many(a) liquidations, (b) administrations, (c) receiverships and (d) company voluntary arrangements businesses employing under 500 people have experienced in each year since 1985. [40541]

Mr. Oppenheim

The information available is published in table 2 of the Insolvency Service general annual report fort the years 1989 and 1994, copies of which are available in the Library of the House. Information by size of business is not available. However, over 99 per cent. of businesses employ less than 500 people.

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