Insolvency Service - Insolvency Press Release table 6

Policy Directorate: Statistics Release - 3 February 2006

6. INSOLVENCIES IN SCOTLAND (not seasonally adjusted)



			Individuals	Companies
Years			Sequestrations	Total	Compulsory Liquidations	Creditors' Voluntary Liquidations

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
2005 p			4,965	569	420	149

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		1,461	151	115	36
	Q4	p	1,289	119	82	37


2005	Q4	p	60.5	-22.2	-27.4	-7.5

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.