Bankruptcies And Liquidations

Mr. Pattie
asked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will list the number of bankruptcies, the number of compulsory company liquidations, the number of creditors voluntary liquidations and the number of members' voluntary liquidations (a) in each year since 1970 and (b) from February 1974 to the latest available date.

Mr. Clinton Davis
Figures for England and Wales up to 1977 for the first three categories are given in "Trade and Industry ", 3rd November 1978, page 245, and for the last three categories in  " Companies in 1977 ", Table 8a. The latter source also gives figures for Scotland.------------------------------------------
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|Bankruptcies*                   |…|…|…|…|
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|Company liquidations†—compulsory|…|…|…|…|
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|creditors' voluntary            |…|…|…|…|
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|members' voluntary              |…|…|…|…|
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