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Liquidations

Volume 201: debated on Monday 16 December 1991

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To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many firms in the building trade and the furniture trade have gone into liquidation in each year since 1979 inclusive; and, in each year, how many of those firms in each category were based in Tottenham or Edmonton prior to going into liquidation.

The information on company liquidations resulting from insolvency in timber and furniture manufacturing and in construction for England and Wales is as follows. Information is not collected by location; nor is furniture collected separately from timber. No sectoral breakdown is available for voluntary liquidations.

YearTimber and furniture manufacturingConstruction
1979116789
1980211949
1981203990
19823501,422
19832941,776
19843821,831
19854951,975

Year

Timber and furniture manufacturing

Construction

19864271,914
19873781,490
19882421,471
19893021,638
19903912,445