The latest National Statistics on insolvencies produced by The Insolvency Service (an Executive Agency of BIS) are released on 1 November 2013 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.  

Statistics on quarterly insolvencies for the UK are published for the period from Q1 2003 up to Q3 2013 and include headline figures for England and Wales covering personal insolvencies, made up of bankruptcies, individual voluntary arrangements (IVAs) and debt relief orders (DROs); and company liquidations, consisting of compulsory liquidations and creditors voluntary liquidations (CVLs). 

These statistics report on the period July to September 2013 and update those previously released on 2 August 2013.

From 09:30 on Friday 1 November 2013 the statistics release can be viewed  here.

Tables (accessible from 09:30 Friday 1 November 2013)

1

Company liquidations in England & Wales

1a

Compulsory liquidations by industry in England & Wales

1b

Creditors' Voluntary Liquidations by industry in England & Wales

1c

Creditors' Voluntary Liquidations following Administration in England & Wales

2

Individual insolvencies in England & Wales

2a

Bankruptcy orders by petition type and trading status in England & Wales

2b

Bankruptcy Orders resulting in an Income Payments Order or Agreement

2c

Income payments in England & Wales

2d

Trading-related bankruptcies by industry in England & Wales

3

Receiverships, Administrations and Company Voluntary Arrangements in England & Wales

3a

Receiverships by industry in England & Wales

3b

Administrations (Enterprise Act) by industry in England & Wales

3c

Company voluntary arrangements by industry in England & Wales

4

Insolvencies in Scotland

4a

Compulsory liquidations by industry in Scotland

4b

Creditors' voluntary liquidations by industry in Scotland

5

Receiverships, Administrations and Company Voluntary in Scotland

6

Insolvencies in Northern Ireland

7

Rate of company liquidations

8

Rate of individual insolvencies

1a.i

EXPERIMENTAL STATISTICS - Compulsory liquidations by industry (SIC 2007) in England and Wales

1b.i

EXPERIMENTAL STATISTICS - Creditors' Voluntary Liquidations by industry (SIC 2007) in England and Wales

2d.i

EXPERIMENTAL STATISTICS – trading-related bankruptcies by industry (SIC 2007) in England and Wales

3a.i

EXPERIMENTAL STATISTICS - Receiverships by industry (SIC 2007) in England and Wales

3b.i

EXPERIMENTAL STATISTICS - Administrations (Enterprise Act) by industry (SIC 2007) in England and Wales

3c.i

EXPERIMENTAL STATISTICS - Company voluntary arrangements by industry (SIC 2007) in England and Wales

CSV

All data in CSV format

Please note that the links above will always direct you to data for the Q3 2013 release. If you are interested in archived data or additional series, further statistics are available here, or you can contact the Insolvency Service (rebekah.paul1@insolvency.gsi.gov.uk or John.Perrett@insolvency.gsi.gov.uk).