§ Malcolm BruceTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many(a) company winding-up petitions, (b) creditors' petitions and (c) debtors' petitions were issued in each quarter since the third quarter of 2002. [139817]
§ Mr. LeslieFigures showing the number of insolvency and bankruptcy petitions issued in the county courts of England and Wales for the period set out above are provided in the following table.
Quarter Company winding-up petitions issued Creditors bankruptcy petitions issued Debtors bankruptcy petitions issued Q4 2002 3,257 4,601 4,174 Q1 2003 2,650 4,366 4,357 Q2 2003 2,577 4,271 4,776 Q3 2003 2,385 4,243 4,755