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Dept for Constitutional Affairs

Answer

Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs in how many petitions for debtors' bankruptcy in each year since 1997 the court fee was waived because the petitioner was receiving on benefits, broken down by nation and region. [137843] Mr. Leslie:: Figures collected centrally relating to the number of applications for fee exemption and/or remission are not broken down into specific insolvency petition type and do not include the reasons therefore. They have been collected since April 1998 and only relate to the county courts in England and Wales. The overall number of applications for fee exemption/ remission for insolvency petitions since April 1998, by court and region, are provided in the following table. Applications for fee exemption/remission in Insolvency petitions made in the county courts _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Region 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 East Midlands 47 118 169 300 338 327 Eastern 76 302 491 579 747 569 London 4 22 52 82 250 157 Merseyside 3 32 48 96 165 179 North East 11 37 161 272 204 595 NorthWest 132 170 265 479 481 538 South East 302 307 479 537 719 691 South West 107 310 372 674 813 948 West Midlands 121 133 175 234 414 490 Yorkshire & Humber 139 570 901 895 919 586 England 942 2,001 3,113 4,148 5,050 5,080 Wales 38 93 357 536 468 288 England & Wales 980 2,094 3,470 4,684 5,518 5,368 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

137843; 413 c384W;413 c382-4W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Courts Bankruptcy Fees and charges Exemptions Economic regions Petitions

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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