The total number of bankruptcy and winding up petitions filed by HM Revenue and Customs in 2008-09 in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland was 13,181. This has fallen from 2006-07 and 2007-08 when the totals were 17,936 and 14,716 respectively.
The information on the value of the debt contained within those petitions is not available centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.