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Insolvency Service: Manpower

Volume 497: debated on Wednesday 14 October 2009

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer of 13 July 2009, Official Report, columns 196-7W, on the Insolvency Service: finance, how many people were employed in the Insolvency Service's investigation and enforcement unit in each of the last three years. (289330)

In each of the last three years, the number of people who were employed in the Insolvency Service's Investigation and Enforcement unit is:

As at 31 December 2006: 1288 (114 Investigations, 96 Enforcement, 78 CIB)

As at 31 December 2007: 1316 (135 Investigations, 102 Enforcement, 79 CIB)

As at 31 December 2008: 1314 (129 Investigations, 111 Enforcement, 74 CIB)

As at 31 August 2009: 1339

1 Investigations and Enforcement was extended on 1 January 2009 to include Companies Investigation Branch (CIB). For the preceding years, figures show how many people would have been in IES, had it been extended then. Figures in brackets show how the total figure is made up.