The number of individuals with debts of less than £15,000 who filed for bankruptcy in each of the 12 months from April 2008 are as follows:
Number April 2008 902 May 2008 768 June 2008 873 July 2008 1,033 August 2008 737 September 2008 867 October 2008 944 November 2008 888 December 20087 41 January 2009 845 February 2009 903 March 2009 977 Total 10,478
[holding answer 16 September 2009]: The available information on the number of bankruptcies in England, Greater Manchester and Stockport, by age group, can be seen in the following tables. Information prior to 2000 is not available on this basis.
Age group1 Under 25 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65 and over Unknown 2000 829 5,510 6,017 3,948 1,565 378 1,933 2001 1,001 5,956 5,691 4,182 1,801 396 2,227 2002 1,191 6,003 6,834 4,175 2,019 559 2,038 2003 1,655 6,915 7,882 4,888 2,491 679 2,117 2004 2,530 8,937 9,949 5,957 3,240 922 2,678 2005 3,338 11,369 13,058 8,103 4,500 1,418 3,584 2006 3,810 14,844 17,751 11,137 6,368 2,152 4,090 2007 2,938 14,797 18,371 12,023 6,727 2,400 4,240 2008 2,769 15,121 19,388 13,260 6,892 2,455 4,256
Age group1 Under 25 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65 and over Unknown 2000 20 196 237 163 62 17 72 2001 31 247 273 187 76 13 125 2002 40 225 289 167 85 22 135 2003 44 255 313 195 91 26 118 2004 74 326 364 266 134 45 87 2005 96 378 508 337 206 66 167 2006 131 604 751 491 295 122 154 2007 121 599 830 578 334 128 147 2008 106 679 887 661 366 118 143
Age group1 Under 25 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65 and over Unknown 2000 1 12 30 24 4 3 9 2001 0 23 29 12 9 0 13 2002 2 11 21 17 10 1 12 2003 5 13 40 25 14 4 7 2004 3 30 31 38 12 6 10 2005 9 40 50 37 17 8 7 2006 13 66 65 41 27 9 8 2007 13 50 77 74 18 13 13 2008 6 62 95 67 40 7 9 1 Where the bankrupt has provided a valid postcode (increasing from 88 per cent. of cases in 2000 to 97 per cent. in 2008).