§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many cases have been handled by the Insolvency Service Protracted Realisations Unit in each year since 1998; what the(a) gross and (b) net flow of cases was in each year; and what the average professional fee charged by an insolvency practitioner handling a protracted realisations unit case during that time was. [173277]
§ Mr. SutcliffeThe Protracted Realisations Unit was created in October 1999, the figures in the table list how many cases had been handled in each year by the Unit from October 1999 to 31 March 2004.
Year to 31 March B/fwd Input Sent [...] IPs Closings C/fwd 1999 None — — — — September 1999 to 31 March 2000 33,027 1,355 519 1,724 32,139 2001 32,139 4,727 1,382 3,205 32,279 2002 32,279 3,816 1,926 3,303 30,866 2003 30,866 3,816 2,762 5,078 26,842 2004 26,842 1,566 3,876 3,200 21,332 Total — 15,280 10,465 16,510 — The Insolvency Service does not hold details of the average Insolvency Practitioner fee for handling a protracted realisations unit case. The fees are charged by the Insolvency Practitioner which may vary on a case-by-case basis.