asked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the total number of bankruptcies in England and Wales, and Scotland, respectively, in each quarter since June 1979.

Figures for England and Wales, both actual and seasonally adjusted, were published in British Business, 22 January 1982. Actual figures for Scotland for sequestrations—the equivalent of bankruptcies in English law—are given as follows. Because of their small size relative to the numbers in England and Wales, the figures are not seasonally adjusted nor included in the regular quarterly article.