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58512

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what specialist one-to-one study skills support will be available for students with specific learning difficulties following the review of the disabled students allowance; and who will provide that support.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Oliver Colvile
uin	199301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Discussions are underway with stakeholders, including those who specialise in supporting students with Specific Learning Difficulties. This will help determine how specialist one-to-one support will be delivered in the future and where the responsibility for funding such support will fall.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>I will not make a final decision on this matter until I have considered the necessary Equality Analysis, which is in preparation, and will take account of any relevant evidence provided by stakeholders.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Mr David Willetts question first answered 10/06/2014 16:02:42 answering member 53 label Biography information for Lord Willetts
tabling member	4022 label Biography information for Oliver Colvile

57661

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	New Businesses: York
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many business start-ups there were in City of York local authority area in each year since 2008.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
uin	198516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>There is no single data source that comprehensively measures all business start-ups within the UK. However, as a near proxy BankSearch collates data on the number of new business bank accounts opened in Great Britain. This can be used as an indicative measure of business start-up activity and is the most comprehensive source available to BIS.</p><p>In the following table, estimated numbers of new business start-ups in the York local authority area are shown using the BankSearch data.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Estimated number of business start-ups in York authority area</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>1,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>1,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>1,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>1,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>1,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>1,100</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Source: BankSearch, number of new business bank accounts opened.</strong></p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 11/06/2014 13:04:19 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

57663

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Bankruptcy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many bankruptcies were registered in (a) York, (b) Yorkshire and (c) England in each year since 2005.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
uin	198518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>Figures for the number of bankruptcy orders in York, Yorkshire &amp; Humber, and England in each year since 2005 can be found in the following table. Bankruptcy applies to individuals only; regional breakdowns for the number of company insolvencies are not currently available.</p><p /> <p>The Insolvency Service compiles its regional bankruptcy order statistics on a calendar year basis, therefore financial year totals are not available. Figures for 2013 will be available on the Insolvency Service website from 10 July 2014, alongside figures for other individual insolvency procedures (individual voluntary arrangements, and debt relief orders).</p><p /> <p>Table 1: Number of Bankruptcy Orders in each Region of England, 2005-2012<sup>1</sup></p><p /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong><sup>Year</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><sup>York</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><sup>Yorkshire &amp; Humber</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><sup>England</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><sup>2005</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><sup>134</sup></p></td><td><p><sup>4272</sup></p></td><td><p><sup>43,103</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><sup>2006</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><sup>214</sup></p></td><td><p><sup>5812</sup></p></td><td><p><sup>57,576</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><sup>2007</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><sup>185</sup></p></td><td><p><sup>5957</sup></p></td><td><p><sup>59,245</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><sup>2008</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><sup>198</sup></p></td><td><p><sup>6660</sup></p></td><td><p><sup>62,001</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><sup>2009</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><sup>236</sup></p></td><td><p><sup>7231</sup></p></td><td><p><sup>68,498</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><sup>2010</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><sup>170</sup></p></td><td><p><sup>5929</sup></p></td><td><p><sup>53,064</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><sup>2011</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><sup>130</sup></p></td><td><p><sup>4317</sup></p></td><td><p><sup>38,341</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><sup>2012</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><sup>84</sup></p></td><td><p><sup>3295</sup></p></td><td><p><sup>29,393</sup></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p /> <p>1 Where individual has provided postcode</p><p /> <p>It should be noted that these figures do not account for any changes in the base population over time. Using the rate of bankruptcies per 10,000 adults allows for a like-for-like comparison across years.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>Headline figures for insolvencies in England and Wales can be found in the quarterly <em>Insolvency Statistics</em> release, a National Statistics publication. Figures for January-March 2014 were published on 29 April 2014, and can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/insolvency-statistics-january-to-march-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/insolvency-statistics-january-to-march-2014</a></p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>Annual numbers and rates of bankruptcies by region for 2000-2012 are available in the <em>Individual Insolvencies by Region</em> publication, which can be found at the following link:</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/insolvency-statistics-individual-insolvencies-by-region" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/insolvency-statistics-individual-insolvencies-by-region</a></p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 11/06/2014 12:52:26 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

57675

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Manufacturing Industries: Electronic Equipment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to increase the manufacture of electronic components in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	198575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>The Government recognises that electronic components and systems are key enabling technologies which underpin many key industrial sectors both in the UK and worldwide. In line with the Industrial Strategy, the Government is working with the industry-led Electronics Systems Community (ESCO) Council to support its aims of achieving sustainable growth within the sector. This Council is co-chaired by myself and Warren East, formerly Chief Executive of ARM, and is made up of senior business leaders from within the electronics systems sector.</p><p>The ESCO Council is working within the UK electronics community, with government, with academia and is building close ties with leadership groups from other industries in taking forward the industry's blueprint for transforming the electronic systems sector in the UK. The Council's aims and priorities are set out in the 'Electronic Systems: Challenges and Opportunities' report, which the industry published in summer 2013. The ESCO Council has set itself the goals for 2020 of increasing employment in the electronics systems sector from 850,000 to 1,000,000, and the contribution that electronics makes to the economy from around £80bn to £120bn per year.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 11/06/2014 12:57:15 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

57820

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Students: Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will consider changing student loan payments from three termly instalments to monthly instalments; and what steps his Department has taken to help students learn to budget.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	198825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government is not currently intending to change student loan payments from three termly instalments to monthly instalments. Payments of living costs support for full-time students in higher education at the start of each term give students the flexibility to meet up-front costs such as accommodation costs.</p><p> </p><p>Advice on effective budgeting is available through the BIS Student Finance Tour where recent graduates share their personal experience with prospective students on how to manage their living costs spending while at university. Around 120,000 prospective students attended the Tour in 2013, and the aim is to increase this number to 140,000 in 2014. Budgeting advice is also available through university student support services including the Money Doctors Initiative. Additional resources are available through the National Union of Students and the National Association of Student Money Advisers. <br></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Mr David Willetts question first answered 09/06/2014 15:43:44 answering member 53 label Biography information for Lord Willetts
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

57840

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	New Businesses: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assistance is available to disabled people who wish to start their own businesses.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
uin	198945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>We continue to work hard to provide the right support to make life easier for all people setting up and growing a business, including disabled people.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/business" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/business</a> is the home for Government services and information online. One of the tools available is the 'Business Finance and Support Finder;' that can provide a customised source of government backed support and finance for business. The website <a href="http://www.greatbusiness.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.greatbusiness.gov.uk</a> also provides support and advice for anyone trying to grow a business as well as for entrepreneurs starting out.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition to on-line support, the Business Support Helpline (0300 456 3565) is available to provide a quick response on queries about starting a business, or a personalised and in-depth advice service for more complex needs. For those looking for start-up finance and advice there are Start-Up Loans: 19 loans worth a total of £53,855have been drawn down in Kilmarncock and Loudoun to date.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Finally, the New Enterprise Allowance helps people claiming certain out of work benefits to start up their own business. As of March 2014, 7,420 disabled people (or a total of 40,420) had started a new business with the help of the NEA.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 09/06/2014 15:46:52 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

57860

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Zero Hours Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information his Department holds on the number of zero-hours contracts in the UK which bar any additional employment.
tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
uin	198782
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has not collected any quantitative information on the number of zero-hours contracts in the UK which bar any additional employment. The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) suggested, in its report <em>Zero Hours Contracts: Myth and reality</em> that 9% of workers on zero hours contracts reported that they were never allowed to work for another employer when their primary employer had no work for them.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 09/06/2014 15:53:07 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab

57923

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Animal Experiments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) cats, (b) dogs and (c) horses were rehomed after their release from laboratories following research in 2012.
tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
tabling member printed	Graham Jones
uin	198952
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 answer text <p>I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Home Office.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office does not hold the information requested.</p><p> </p><p>Under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, authority may be given to</p><p>re-home animals where those animals were bred or held for supply for use in</p><p>regulated procedures, or were intended for use in regulated procedures, or have</p><p>been used in regulated procedures. This may also apply to animals which are</p><p>being kept under the care of the Named Veterinary Surgeon after completing</p><p>procedures, and is always contingent on our acceptance of certain reassurances</p><p>relating to Section 17A of the Act. Records of each animal re-homed would be</p><p>kept locally at the licensed establishment so that they can be available to</p><p>Home Office Inspectors on request.</p><p> </p><p>European Directive 2010/63/EU, which was implemented in the UK and other</p><p>Member States on 1 January 2013, does not provide legal grounds on which the UK</p><p>can impose a mandatory obligation of re-homing under the Animals (Scientific</p><p>Procedures) Act 1986. Nevertheless, we have provided guidance on re-homing</p><p>animals in our Guidance on the Operation of the Animals (Scientific Procedures)</p><p>Act 1983, section 5.21.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 10/06/2014 16:21:51 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

57927

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Diabetes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department has spent on research for a cure for Type 1 diabetes in the last three years; and if he will take steps to increase such funding in the forthcoming financial year.
tabling member constituency	Watford
tabling member printed	Richard Harrington
uin	198819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Medical Research Council (MRC) is one of the seven Research Councils sponsored by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). The MRC funds a broad portfolio of diabetes research which amounted to £24 million in 2012/13. Of this, £3.6 million (15%) is relevant to Type 1 Diabetes (T1D). This includes underpinning studies relevant to diabetes in general, as well as studies on the prevention, treatment and the downstream consequences of T1D. Expenditure on T1D research over the last five years is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Medical Research Council expenditure on Type 1 diabetes, 2008/9 to 2012/13</p><p> </p><p>Year Expenditure</p><p> </p><p>2008/09 £4.7m</p><p> </p><p>2009/10 £3.7m</p><p> </p><p>2010/11 £3.6m</p><p> </p><p>2011/12 £4.0m</p><p> </p><p>2012/13 £3.6m</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Note: where a research project is related to both type 1 and type 2 diabetes, 100% of the project value has been included in the totals shown above.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The MRC does not routinely analyse expenditure on diabetes research beyond an analysis of T1D and Type 2 Diabetes research. However, details of all research supported by the MRC, including summaries describing the aims of the research and links to research publications and outputs can be found on the Research Council UK's Gateway to Research at: <a href="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/" target="_blank">http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The MRC does not normally allocate funds to particular topics but always welcomes high quality applications into any aspect of human health. All applications are judged in open competition and the primary considerations in funding decisions are scientific quality and importance to human health. In keeping with the Haldane principle, decisions on research priorities and funding are taken by the Research Councils based on advice from the scientific community through peer review.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Technology Strategy Board spend on T1D in the last three years was £354,879.00. This relates to a project which ran in 2010/11.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Mr David Willetts question first answered 09/06/2014 15:56:31 answering member 53 label Biography information for Lord Willetts
tabling member	4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford

57947

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many insolvencies there were in each (a) region of England and (b) London borough in (i) 2011-12, (ii) 2012-13 and (iii) 2013-14; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
uin	199141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Figures for the number of individual insolvencies in region in England and each London borough in 2011 and 2012 can be found in the tables below. Individual insolvency figures include bankruptcy orders, debt relief orders and individual voluntary arrangements.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Insolvency Service compiles its regional individual insolvency statistics on a calendar year basis, therefore financial year totals are not available. Figures for 2013 will be available on the Insolvency Service website from 10 July 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Regional breakdowns for the number of company insolvencies are not currently available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 1: Number of Individual Insolvencies in each Region of England, 2011-2012<sup>1</sup></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>7,320</p></td><td><p>6,924</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>16,202</p></td><td><p>15,451</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and The Humber</p></td><td><p>12,255</p></td><td><p>11,265</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>10,956</p></td><td><p>9,722</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>11,964</p></td><td><p>11,054</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>12,098</p></td><td><p>11,108</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>10,803</p></td><td><p>9,583</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>16,430</p></td><td><p>14,366</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>13,049</p></td><td><p>12,545</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>111,077</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>102,018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><sup>1 </sup>Where individual has provided a valid postcode</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 2: Number of Individual Insolvencies in each London Borough, 2011-2012<sup>1</sup></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>London Borough</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>City of London</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barking and Dagenham</p></td><td><p>387</p></td><td><p>371</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnet</p></td><td><p>364</p></td><td><p>322</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bexley</p></td><td><p>379</p></td><td><p>336</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brent</p></td><td><p>336</p></td><td><p>304</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bromley</p></td><td><p>355</p></td><td><p>372</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Camden</p></td><td><p>229</p></td><td><p>232</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Croydon</p></td><td><p>561</p></td><td><p>519</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ealing</p></td><td><p>331</p></td><td><p>301</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Enfield</p></td><td><p>401</p></td><td><p>372</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greenwich</p></td><td><p>469</p></td><td><p>421</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hackney</p></td><td><p>342</p></td><td><p>252</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hammersmith and Fulham</p></td><td><p>203</p></td><td><p>163</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haringey</p></td><td><p>348</p></td><td><p>282</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Harrow</p></td><td><p>223</p></td><td><p>186</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Havering</p></td><td><p>344</p></td><td><p>316</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hillingdon</p></td><td><p>339</p></td><td><p>343</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hounslow</p></td><td><p>378</p></td><td><p>332</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Islington</p></td><td><p>326</p></td><td><p>272</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kensington and Chelsea</p></td><td><p>194</p></td><td><p>173</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingston upon Thames</p></td><td><p>166</p></td><td><p>165</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lambeth</p></td><td><p>383</p></td><td><p>328</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lewisham</p></td><td><p>386</p></td><td><p>360</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merton</p></td><td><p>230</p></td><td><p>196</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newham</p></td><td><p>437</p></td><td><p>391</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Redbridge</p></td><td><p>340</p></td><td><p>334</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Richmond upon Thames</p></td><td><p>197</p></td><td><p>165</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southwark</p></td><td><p>360</p></td><td><p>361</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sutton</p></td><td><p>386</p></td><td><p>287</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tower Hamlets</p></td><td><p>409</p></td><td><p>295</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Waltham Forest</p></td><td><p>446</p></td><td><p>369</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wandsworth</p></td><td><p>281</p></td><td><p>260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Westminster</p></td><td><p>268</p></td><td><p>191</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>London Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10,803</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>9,583</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><sup>1</sup> Where individual has provided a valid postcode</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It should be noted that these figures do not account for any changes in the base population over time. Using the rate of bankruptcies per 10,000 adults allows for a like-for-like comparison across years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Headline figures for insolvencies in England and Wales can be found in the quarterly <em>Insolvency Statistics</em> release, a National Statistics publication. Figures for January-March 2014 were published on 29 April 2014, and can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/insolvency-statistics-january-to-march-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/insolvency-statistics-january-to-march-2014</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Annual numbers and rates of bankruptcies by region for 2000-2012 are available in the <em>Individual Insolvencies by Region</em> publication, which can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/insolvency-statistics-individual-insolvencies-by-region" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/insolvency-statistics-individual-insolvencies-by-region</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 09/06/2014 16:00:50 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
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