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13 Jun 2008 : Column 546W
Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Bankruptcy: Greater London
Sarah Teather:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many people were declared bankrupt in each London borough in each year since 1997. [210275]
Mr. McFadden:
The following table shows the number of bankruptcies in each London borough between 2000 and 2007 derived from postcodes provided by bankrupt individuals; figures for earlier years are not available on this basis.
| Bankruptcy orders |
| London borough | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
|
Barking and Dagenham
|
49
|
45
|
40
|
82
|
86
|
132
|
224
|
228
|
|
Barnet
|
66
|
86
|
85
|
94
|
135
|
215
|
250
|
270
|
|
Bexley
|
62
|
69
|
66
|
89
|
119
|
178
|
182
|
168
|
|
Brent,
|
55
|
58
|
47
|
68
|
91
|
112
|
197
|
186
|
|
Bromley
|
60
|
77
|
64
|
80
|
123
|
219
|
312
|
272
|
|
Camden
|
42
|
66
|
50
|
105
|
143
|
202
|
264
|
227
|
|
City and County of the City of London
|
7
|
1
|
2
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
10
|
14
|
|
City of Westminster
|
58
|
63
|
82
|
99
|
123
|
169
|
190
|
193
|
|
Croydon
|
72
|
76
|
85
|
96
|
139
|
207
|
282
|
266
|
|
Ealing
|
58
|
43
|
55
|
74
|
108
|
154
|
194
|
201
|
|
Enfield
|
53
|
71
|
66
|
76
|
119
|
120
|
187
|
231
|
|
Greenwich
|
58
|
48
|
77
|
90
|
121
|
190
|
250
|
283
|
|
Hackney
|
29
|
45
|
58
|
76
|
129
|
195
|
265
|
224
|
|
Hammersmith and Fulham
|
30
|
36
|
52
|
45
|
98
|
134
|
147
|
155
|
|
Haringey
|
52
|
39
|
54
|
62
|
113
|
135
|
217
|
232
|
|
Harrow
|
50
|
56
|
50
|
55
|
64
|
98
|
153
|
150
|
|
Havering
|
62
|
56
|
49
|
89
|
94
|
169
|
181
|
230
|
|
Hillingdon
|
69
|
49
|
47
|
74
|
83
|
163
|
202
|
195
|
|
Hounslow
|
41
|
61
|
44
|
62
|
120
|
153
|
202
|
186
|
|
Islington
|
46
|
45
|
67
|
76
|
142
|
199
|
243
|
239
|
|
Kensington and Chelsea
|
53
|
58
|
60
|
83
|
125
|
149
|
181
|
141
|
|
Kingston upon Thames
|
42
|
23
|
55
|
46
|
79
|
89
|
130
|
109
|
|
Lambeth
|
56
|
73
|
95
|
154
|
372
|
403
|
319
|
261
|
|
Lewisham
|
59
|
60
|
52
|
70
|
109
|
180
|
238
|
273
|
|
Merton
|
41
|
36
|
43
|
64
|
91
|
107
|
105
|
109
|
|
Newham
|
53
|
38
|
61
|
98
|
112
|
150
|
243
|
230
|
|
Redbridge
|
42
|
62
|
51
|
73
|
95
|
143
|
195
|
208
|
|
Richmond upon Thames
|
33
|
45
|
65
|
64
|
81
|
103
|
136
|
150
|
|
Southwark
|
35
|
54
|
69
|
107
|
182
|
246
|
274
|
241
|
|
Sutton
|
31
|
41
|
59
|
59
|
98
|
125
|
183
|
138
|
|
Tower Hamlets
|
88
|
76
|
102
|
131
|
169
|
214
|
249
|
237
|
|
Waltham Forest
|
45
|
48
|
31
|
55
|
96
|
134
|
216
|
210
|
|
Wandsworth
|
50
|
57
|
48
|
87
|
93
|
140
|
164
|
175
|
Notes:
1. Classifying bankrupts into administrative geographies is done using the postcode that the bankrupt individual provides. The use of this in assigning an individual to a borough is thus only as reliable as the postcode information provided.
2. In particular, inaccurate or missing postcodes mean that the numbers in the table will be subject to an element of missing data. Nationally, this proportion has been decreasing from about 12 per cent. in 2000 to less than 4 per cent. in 2007.
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