§ Mr. Clifton-BrownTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what conclusions she has drawn from the consultation on her paper "The Impact of Increasing International Competition in Services". [159647]
§ Ms HewittMy Department received over 40 responses to the consultation paper and they are now being analysed. A response to the consultation will be included as part of the Trade and Investment White Paper which we intend to publish in June.
Table 1: Company Compulsory Liquidations by regions classified according to groupings of Official Receivers Offices 1999–2003 Annual Totals 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Anglia Region 719 672 708 733 625 148 192 186 193 London 1161 951 911 1147 864 334 263 258 306 Midland Regions 605 664 553 821 617 184 120 173 128 North East Regions 599 546 504 480 502 178 159 131 131 North West Region 714 597 586 987 656 194 187 159 174 Public Interest Unit 37 94 150 266 560 — 16 7 14 South East Region 768 769 715 1028 880 184 192 187 205 South West Region 606 632 548 768 531 157 165 139 145 England and Wales Total 5,209 4,925 4,675 6,230 5,235 1,379 1,294 1,240 1,296
2000 2000 2000 2000 2001 2001 2001 2001 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Anglia Region 181 181 125 185 223 187 164 134 London 220 270 226 235 262 283 173 193 Midland Regions 154 176 178 156 170 145 110 128 North East Region 121 144 163 118 149 150 97 108 North West Region 152 173 128 144 175 149 139 123 Public Interest Unit 27 6 45 16 18 13 34 85 South East Region 186 180 216 187 212 252 112 139 South West Region 169 170 150 143 150 169 111 118 England and Wales Total 1,210 1,300 1,231 1,184 1,359 1,348 940 1,028
2002 2002 2002 2002 2003 2003 2003 2003 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Anglia Region 191 188 158 196 205 153 149 118 London 217 336 215 379 281 200 174 209 Midland Regions 195 209 205 212 190 141 135 151 North East Region 119 131 106 124 140 136 113 113 North West Region 240 292 250 205 180 153 161 162 Public Interest Unit 81 91 38 56 115 347 40 58 South East Region 211 233 242 342 261 227 200 192 South West Region 154 199 175 240 213 113 104 101 England and Wales Total 1,408 1,679 1,389 1,754 1,585 1,470 1,076 1,104
Table 2: Bankruptcies by regions classified according to grouping of Official Receivers Offices 1999–2003 Annual Totals 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Anglia Region 3,408 3,144 3,521 3,527 4,191 952 873 851 732 OR London 1,286 1,285 1,427 1,457 1,933 334 368 258 326 Midland Region 3,066 3,187 3,409 3,501 4,187 823 749 782 712 North East Region 3,396 3,838 4,228 4,227 4,581 863 849 886 798 North West Region 3,517 3,640 4,108 4,116 3,868 911 908 921 777 Public Interest unit 5 6 6 11 12 2 1 2 South East Region 2,931 2,730 2,755 3,052 4,618 805 756 695 675 South West Region 4,002 3,720 4,023 4,401 4,627 1111 1022 971 898 England and Wales Total 21,611 21,550 23,477 24,292 28,017 5,799 5,527 5,365 4,920