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Insolvency: London

Volume 463: debated on Monday 10 September 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many residents in each London constituency filed for bankruptcy in each of the last five years. (153641)

Table 1 shows the number of bankruptcies in each London constituency derived from postcodes provided by bankrupt individuals.

Classifying bankrupts into geographic areas is done using the postcode that the bankrupt individual provides. The use of this in assigning an individual to a constituency is thus as reliable as the postcode information provided.

Table 1

Bankruptcies

Constituency

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

Barking

17

46

44

59

125

Battersea

14

35

32

55

74

Beckenham

24

30

39

71

100

Bethnal Green and Bow

65

81

96

126

157

Bexleyheath and Crayford

27

42

35

68

74

Brentford and Isleworth

25

33

58

71

112

Brent East

25

19

28

44

77

Brent North

13

19

29

33

56

Brent South

9

30

34

35

64

Bromley and Chislehurst

16

23

43

71

115

Camberwell and Peckham

25

33

87

93

92

Carshalton and Wallington

32

33

59

74

119

Chingford and Woodford Green

16

16

30

53

80

Chipping Barnet

33

30

42

73

84

Cities of London and Westminster

55

64

86

105

120

Croydon Central

30

38

49

74

92

Croydon North

34

35

54

76

104

Croydon South

21

23

36

57

86

Dagenham

23

36

42

73

99

Dulwich and West Norwood

26

54

87

89

100

Ealing, Acton and Shepherd’s Bush

21

24

45

78

82

Ealing North

16

32

48

57

83

Ealing, Southall

29

26

37

57

74

East Ham

22

39

50

63

98

Edmonton

20

28

34

39

54

Eltham

29

26

46

77

95

Enfield North

22

26

45

41

79

Enfield, Southgate

24

22

40

40

54

Erith and Thamesmead

39

42

64

89

105

Feltham and Heston

19

29

62

82

90

Finchley and Golders Green

19

32

51

69

78

Greenwich and Woolwich

27

41

44

80

102

Hackney North and Stoke Newington

36

33

61

72

106

Hackney South and Shoreditch

22

43

68

123

159

Hammersmith and Fulham

41

37

76

96

102

Hampstead and Highgate

32

45

68

81

99

Harrow East

30

31

36

54

88

Harrow West

20

24

28

44

65

Hayes and Harlington

15

29

32

62

74

Hendon

33

32

42

73

88

Holborn and St. Pancras

18

60

75

121

165

Hornchurch

12

23

34

46

60

Hornsey and Wood Green

32

34

60

61

124

Ilford North

21

27

40

65

85

Ilford South

22

37

40

54

80

Islington North

32

23

70

92

113

Islington South and Finsbury

35

53

72

107

130

Kensington and Chelsea

36

59

86

89

114

Kingston and Surbiton

43

31

61

64

97

Lewisham, Deptford

16

24

40

68

93

Lewisham East

20

19

34

57

76

Lewisham West

16

27

35

55

69

Leyton and Wanstead

11

21

39

49

76

Mitcham and Morden

32

43

54

70

66

North Southwark and Bermondsey

34

52

67

116

130

Old Bexley and Sidcup

21

28

51

54

56

Orpington

24

27

41

77

97

Poplar and Canning Town

43

65

97

117

138

Putney

16

19

38

47

45

Regent’s Park and Kensington North

53

64

82

131

147

Richmond Park

31

50

50

76

86

Romford

18

30

31

63

56

Ruislip-Northwood

14

22

24

50

59

Streatham

41

61

159

149

119

Sutton and Cheam

27

26

39

51

64

Tooting

18

33

23

38

45

Tottenham

22

28

53

74

93

Twickenham

46

29

49

52

83

Upminster

19

36

29

60

65

Uxbridge

18

23

27

51

69

Vauxhall

38

61

154

202

152

Walthamstow

12

27

42

56

90

West Ham

33

44

38

58

99

Wimbledon

11

21

37

37

39

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many residents in each London borough filed for bankruptcy in each of the last five years. (153642)

Table 1 shows the number of bankruptcies in each London borough derived from postcodes provided by bankrupt individuals.

Classifying bankrupts into geographic areas is done using the postcode that the bankrupt individual provides. The use of this in assigning an individual to a borough is thus as reliable as the postcode information provided.

Table 1: Bankruptcies

Borough

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

Barking and Dagenham

40

82

86

132

224

Barnet

85

94

135

215

250

Bexley

66

89

119

178

182

Brent

47

68

91

112

197

Bromley

64

80

123

219

312

Camden

50

105

143

202

264

City of London

2

5

6

7

10

City of Westminster

82

99

123

169

190

Croydon

85

96

139

207

282

Ealing

55

74

108

154

194

Enfield

66

76

119

120

187

Greenwich

77

90

121

190

250

Hackney

58

76

129

195

265

Hammersmith and Fulham

52

45

98

134

147

Haringey

54

62

113

135

217

Harrow

50

55

64

98

153

Havering

49

89

94

169

181

Hillingdon

47

74

83

163

202

Hounslow

44

62

120

153

202

Islington

67

76

142

199

243

Kensington and Chelsea

60

83

125

149

181

Kingston upon Thames

55

46

79

89

130

Lambeth

95

154

372

403

319

Lewisham

52

70

109

180

238

Merton

43

64

91

107

105

Newham

61

98

112

150

243

Redbridge

51

73

95

143

195

Richmond upon Thames

65

64

81

103

136

Southwark

69

107

182

246

274

Sutton

59

59

98

125

183

Tower Hamlets

102

131

169

214

249

Waltham Forest

31

55

96

134

216

Wandsworth

48

87

93

140

164