Datasets / Company Winding up and Bankruptcy Petition Statistics, England and Wales


Company Winding up and Bankruptcy Petition Statistics, England and Wales

Published By Ministry of Justice

Issued about 10 years ago

GB
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Summary

Type of release
ongoing release of a series of related datasets

Licence
UK Open Government Licence

Verification
automatically awarded

Description

The quarterly release presents statistics on insolvency proceedings issued in the county courts and High Court for both individuals (bankruptcy petitions) and businesses (company winding up petitions) in England and Wales. Note that these figures represent court activity and not the actual numbers of individual or business insolvencies. The Insolvency Service publishes parallel quarterly statistics on this issue. Source agency: Justice Designation: National Statistics Language: English Alternative title: Bankruptcy Petition Statistics