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"Today's individual insolvency figures are again the highest since records began in 1960 as the economic woes continued to take their toll ..."

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Personal insolvencies hit record high

Thanks to fermi for the original post. The two threads have been merged to prevent duplication.

[fermi]

BBC News: Personal insolvency rises by 28%

A record number of people were declared insolvent in England and Wales in the third quarter of 2009, according to figures from the Insolvency Service.

There were 35,242 personal insolvencies, up 28% from the same period last year and an increase of 6.6% on the previous three months.

This extended the record number recorded earlier this year.
But there was better news for business, with 4,716 company insolvencies, down 4.7% quarter-on-quarter.

However, the number of businesses going bust in the third quarter of the year was still 14.6% higher than the same period a year ago


STATISTICS RELEASE: INSOLVENCIES IN THE THIRD QUARTER 2009

INDIVIDUAL INSOLVENCIES (not seasonally adjusted)

There were 35,242 individual insolvencies in England and Wales in the third quarter of 2009. This was an increase of 28.2% on the same period a year ago.

This was made up of 18,347 bankruptcies (which were up 6.4% on the corresponding quarter of the previous year),12,390 Individual Voluntary Arrangements (IVAs), (which were up 20.9% on the corresponding quarter of the previous year) and 4,505 Debt Relief Orders (DROs).




The Debt Relief Order is a new individual insolvency procedure which came into force on 6 April 2009 and which provides an alternative route into personal insolvency for certain categories of over-indebted individuals, subject to some restrictions. Additional details are provided under the “Notes to Editors”, paragraph 12 and on the Insolvency Service website. Some of those who had a DRO approved would have been declared bankrupt had the DRO route not been an option, but it is not possible to quantify this proportion.

In the third quarter of 2009, 85% of bankruptcies were made on the petition of the debtor, slightly down on the previous quarter, although figures remain slightly higher than throughout 2008 as a whole. The percentage of bankruptcy orders involving trading debts (self-employed bankruptcies) was 13.1% in the second quarter of 2009 (third quarter 2009 figures for trading-related bankruptcies are not yet available), which is a decrease from 13.7% in the previous quarter, but a little higher than throughout 2007 and 2008.




INSOLVENCIES IN SCOTLAND AND NORTHERN IRELAND

The following tables present recent trends in insolvencies in Scotland and Northern Ireland, complementing those for England and Wales above (longer series back to 1999 are presented in the accompanying detailed tables).

[MicheH]

Thanks for that fermi, I'm one of those statistics, makes for sad reading

[Trom]

Just spotted this and came to see if anyone else had seen it. Not that surprising I guess.

[princesspinchie]

Not surprised at all by this. Thanks for the info fermi

[oregonuk1]

i think over time that will just get bigger and a recession like the one we have is all it needs.

[dojoman]

It just shows how many people are in the same boat, a sad sign of the times I suppose.

[dollparts]

Sad but true.

[alastairq]

it also shows how many more switched-on folk are out there...more than the financial industry would like, I'll wager?

The stories of petulance on the part of the big institutions towards BR's get more and more...


I also wager performance bonuses at DCA's and CC's will be down as well??

[alastairq]

BTW...I don't know why so many people get on their high horses regarding the morality of BR....when major govenment ministries are in fact, insolvent as well..[MoD for one]...