§ David DavisTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many individuals in the East Riding of Yorkshire were declared bankrupt in each of the past five years. [154563]
§ Mr. SutcliffeBankruptcy figures are only available on the basis of the Official Receivers Office dealing with the cases, therefore it is not possible to separate bankruptcies pertaining to the East Riding of Yorkshire exactly. The following table gives annual figures for the number of individual bankruptcies dealt with by the Official Receivers Office in Hull, which covers the county courts of Beverley, Great Grimsby, Grimsby, Hull, Kingston-upon-Hull, Malton, Scarborough, Scunthorpe, Whitby and York. The Hull Office covers the majority of the East Riding of Yorkshire but also includes a number of county courts from neighbouring counties/unitary authorities. A small part of the East Riding of Yorkshire (the county court of Goole) is administered by the Official Receivers Office at Sheffield.
Individual Bankruptcies Registered at the Official Receivers Office in Hull 1999–2003 Number 1999 690 2000 796 2001 907 2002 926 2003 906
§ Mr. SwireTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many(a) personal and (b) corporate bankruptcies there were in East Devon in each of the past seven years. [155297]
§ Mr. SutcliffeInsolvency figures are only available on the basis of the Official Receivers Office dealing with the cases, therefore it is not possible to identify precisely 411W insolvencies in East Devon. Company insolvencies are made up of Company Compulsory Liquidations and Creditors Voluntary Liquidations of which only Company Compulsory Liquidations are available on an Official Receivers Office basis. The following table gives
Individual bankruptcies and company compulsory liquidations registered at the Official Receivers Office in Exeter 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Individual insolvencies 494 628 761 566 795 919 902 Company compulsory liquidations 46 51 56 43 38 64 33
§ Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many(a) personal and (b) company bankruptcies in (i) Greater London and (ii) each London borough there were in each of the last three years for which figures are available; what assessment she has made of recent trends; and if she will make a statement. [155275]
§ Mr. Sutcliffe[holding answer 23 February 2004]Insolvency figures are only available on the basis of the Official Receivers Office dealing with the cases, therefore it is not possible to identify precisely insolvencies in Greater London or in individual boroughs. Company insolvencies are made up of Company Compulsory Liquidations and Creditors Voluntary Liquidations of which only Company Compulsory Liquidations are available on an Official Receivers Office basis. The following table gives annual figures for the number of individual Bankruptcies and Company Compulsory Liquidations dealt with by the Official Receivers Office in London, which covers the county courts of Barnet, Bloomsbury and Marylebone, Bow, Brentford, Chingford, Clerkenwell, Edmonton, Lambeth, Marylebone, Bloomsbury, Mayor's and City of London, Shoreditch, Wandsworth, West London, Westminster and Willesden.
Individual Bankruptcies and Company Compulsory Liquidations Registered at the Official Receivers Office in London
2001 2002 2003 Individual Bankruptcies 1,427 1,457 1,933 Company Compulsory Liquidations 911 1,147 864