Statistics and Analysis Directorate:Statistics Release - 4 November 2005
 

6. INSOLVENCIES IN SCOTLAND (not seasonally adjusted)
   Individuals   Companies
Years     Sequestrations   Total Compulsory Liquidations Creditors' Voluntary Liquidations
1997   2,502   477 254 223
1998   3,016   566 338 228
1999   3,195   572 364 208
2000   2,965   583 344 239
2001   3,048   602 378 224
2002   3,215   788 556 232
2003   3,328   631 436 195
2004   3,297   621 431 190
           
1997 Q1  619   126 66 60
 Q2 658   125 66 59
 Q3 589   117 61 56
 Q4 636   109 61 48
           
1998 Q1 702   150 79 71
 Q2  756   151 93 58
 Q3  830   124 82 42
 Q4  728   141 84 57
           
1999 Q1  776   153 83 70
 Q2  807   136 89 47
 Q3  842   144 98 46
 Q4  770   139 94 45
           
2000 Q1  751   136 75 61
 Q2  751   153 92 61
 Q3  712   139 85 54
 Q4  751   155 92 63
           
2001 Q1  709   166 102 64
 Q2  750   141 82 59
 Q3  839   108 75 33
 Q4  750   187 119 68
           
2002 Q1  832   240 170 70
 Q2  797   175 123 52
 Q3  834   184 139 45
 Q4  752   189 124 65
           
2003 Q1  799   183 133 50
 Q2  858   168 118 50
 Q3  845   154 109 45
 Q4  826   126 76 50
           
2004 Q1  720   153 95 58
 Q2  851   147 110 37
 Q3  923   168 113 55
 Q4  803   153 113 40
           
2005 Q1  908   140 103 37
 Q2  1,307   159 120 39
 Q3 p 1,461   151 115 36
           

  Percentage change, latest qrt on corresponding qtr of previous year
2005 Q3 p 58.3   -10.1 1.8 -34.5
  p provisional
  The Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1993, amending the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985, came into force on 1 April 1993 and will have affected the number of sequestrations in the Scottish Courts from the second quarter of 1993 onwards.
 

Last updated on 04 November, 2005

 

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