§ Mr. GibbTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many individuals were made bankrupt at the suit of(a) the Inland Revenue and (b) Her Majesty' s Customs and Excise in (i) 1994–95, (ii) 1995–96, (iii) 1996–97, (iv) 1997–98 and (v) 1998–99. [90295]
§ Dawn Primarolo[holding answer 8 July 1999]: The figures in the following table show the number of individual bankruptcies in England and Wales on Inland Revenue and HM Customs and Excise petitions, and also show those numbers as a proportion of the total number of individual bankruptcies.
Year Inland Revenue Percentage of total bankruptcies HM Customs and Excise Percentage of total bankruptcies 1994–95 2,179 9 2,270 10 1995–96 2,217 10 2,524 11 1996–97 2,677 12.5 2,884 14 1997–98 2,428 12 2,548 13 1998–99 1,863 9 1,8481 9 1 Latest available figures