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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-11-07more like thismore than 2014-11-07
answering body
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept id 26 more like this
answering dept short name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept sort name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
hansard heading Insolvency remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of (a) secured and (b) unsecured creditors who attend creditor meetings during an insolvency procedure. more like this
tabling member constituency Chesterfield more like this
tabling member printed
Toby Perkins more like this
uin 213843 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-11-19more like thismore than 2014-11-19
answer text <p>There is no central record of how many creditors attend meetings in person, but evidence indicates that attendance at meetings is very low and that many meetings are not attended at all.</p><p> </p><p>The 2013 report, “Review of Insolvency Practitioner Fees” by Professor Elaine Kempson, estimated that only 4% of creditors attend meetings in person and that fully secured creditors seldom attend in person.</p><p> </p><p>The report goes on to say that two firms had actually calculated the percentage of creditors attending meetings in person. A large firm had calculated that 1% of creditors do so, and a smaller firm had calculated the amount to be 3.5%.</p> more like this
answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire more like this
answering member printed Jo Swinson remove filter
question first answered
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answering member
1513
label Biography information for Jo Swinson more like this
tabling member
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label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins more like this