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The latest National Statistics on insolvencies produced by The Insolvency Service (an Executive Agency of BIS) are released on 7th November 2008 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.  

Statistics on quarterly insolvencies for the UK are published for the period from Q1 1999 up to Q1 2009 and include headline figures for England and Wales covering personal insolvencies, made up of bankruptcies and individual voluntary arrangements (IVAs), and company liquidations, consisting of compulsory liquidations and creditors voluntary liquidations (CVLs) 

These statistics report on the period January – March 2009 and update those previously released on 6th February. From 09:30 on Friday 1 May 2009.

The press release can be viewed  here.  

Tables (accessible from 09:30 Friday 1 May 2009)

1 Company liquidations in England & Wales
1a Compulsory liquidations by industry in England & Wales
1b Creditors' Voluntary Liquidations by industry in England & Wales
2 Individual insolvencies in England & Wales
2a Bankruptcy orders by petition type and trading status in England & Wales
2b Income payments in England & Wales
2c Trading-related bankruptcies by industry in England & Wales
3 Receiverships, Administrations and Company Voluntary Arrangements in England & Wales
3a Receiverships by industry in England & Wales
3b Administrations (Enterprise Act) by industry in England & Wales
3c Company voluntary arrangements by industry in England & Wales
3d Creditors' Voluntary Liquidations following Administration in England & Wales
4 Insolvencies in Scotland
4a Compulsory liquidations by industry in Scotland
4b Creditors' voluntary liquidations by industry in Scotland
5 Receiverships, Administrations and Company Voluntary in Scotland
6 Insolvencies in Northern Ireland
7 Rate of company liquidations

Please note that the links above will always direct you to data for the Q1 2009 release. If you are interested in archived data or additional series, further statistics are available here, or you can contact the Insolvency Service (gary.mills@insolvency.gsi.gov.uk)

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