Written question asked by Barbara Roche (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 2 November 1995. It was answered by George Kynoch (Conservative) on Thursday, 2 November 1995 on behalf of the Scottish Office.

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Scottish Office

Question

How many petitions for bankruptcy have been begun by his Department for businesses with under 500 employees in each of the last five years. - (Holding answer 1 November 1995). Since the enactment of the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985, there has only been one case of sequestration, in 1992, in which the Secretary of State for Scotland was the petitioning creditor.

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

40511; 265 c438W

Session

1994-95

Subjects

Business Government departments Insolvency Scottish Office

Contains statistics

Yes