Bankruptcy

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many bankruptcies there were in (a) England, (b) London, (c) Richmond-upon-Thames and (d) Twickenham constituency of individuals in each age group of each of the last five years. (294756)

The available information on the number of bankruptcies in England, London, Richmond-upon-Thames and Twickenham constituency, by age group, may be seen in tables la to 1d as follows.

*Table* 1a: Bankrupts by age, England
	Age group¹
	Under 25	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65 and over	Unknown
2004	2,415	8,423	9,417	5,581	3,055	874	2,418
2005	3,187	10,780	12,383	7,698	4,312	1,370	3,311
2006	3,646	14,208	16,949	10,662	6,116	2,084	3,828
2007	2,824	14,249	17,671	11,575	6,507	2,334	4,000
2008	2,659	14,595	18,716	12,822	6,649	2,388	4,059

*Table* 1b: Bankrupts by age, London
	Age group¹
	Under 25	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65 and over	Unknown
2004	166	860	1,141	674	342	112	555
2005	221	1,208	1,557	1,078	495	220	547
2006	214	1,448	2,204	1,427	725	281	472
2007	170	1,391	2,069	1,478	800	311	409
2008	128	1,292	2,033	1,562	761	297	424

*Table* 1c: Bankrupts by age, Richmond-upon-Thames
	Age group¹
	Under 25	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65 and over	Unknown
2004	4	15	23	14	16	4	5
2005	1	21	24	27	20	4	4
2006	2	21	46	31	22	7	9
2007	4	32	52	17	29	6	5
2008	0	14	32	38	14	3	6

*Table* 1d: Bankrupts by age, Twickenham constituency
	Age Group
	Under 25	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65 and Over	Unknown
2004	3	9	13	7	10	3	4
2005	0	12	11	15	10	1	3
2006	2	13	27	21	8	5	8
2007	2	25	38	8	18	1	0
2008	0	7	19	28	6	2	3
¹Where the bankrupt has provided a valid postcode (increasing from 94.5 per cent. of cases in 2004 to 96.9 per cent. in 2008)

Volume 498: debated on Tuesday 3 November 2009