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2. INDIVIDUAL INSOLVENCIES IN ENGLAND AND WALES
                               
Not Seasonally Adjusted     Seasonally Adjusted
                             
Years Total Bankruptcy Orders Individual Voluntary Arrangements * Total Bankruptcy Orders Individual Voluntary Arrangements *
                               
1998 24,549 19,647 4,902
1999 28,806 21,611 7,195
2000 29,528 21,550 7,978
2001 29,775 23,477 6,298
2002 30,587 24,292 6,295
2003 35,604 28,021 7,583
2004 46,650 35,898 10,752
2005 67,584 47,291 20,293
2006 107,288 62,956 44,332
1998 Q1 5,953 4,938 1,015 5,680 r 4,620 r 1,061 r
Q2 5,855 4,755 1,100 5,795 r 4,681 r 1,114 r
Q3 6,380 5,113 1,267 6,265 r 5,059 r 1,206 r
Q4 6,361 4,841 1,520 6,809 r 5,287 r 1,522 r
1999 Q1 7,025 5,799 1,226 6,738 r 5,447 r 1,291 r
Q2 7,120 5,527 1,593 7,082 r 5,458 r 1,624 r
Q3 7,592 5,365 2,227 7,451 r 5,322 r 2,130 r
Q4 7,069 4,920 2,149 7,535 r 5,384 r 2,150 r
2000 Q1 7,837 5,667 2,170 7,604 r 5,332 r 2,272 r
Q2 7,532 5,414 2,118 7,464 r 5,334 r 2,129 r
Q3 7,316 5,451 1,865 7,167 r 5,400 r 1,767 r
Q4 6,843 5,018 1,825 7,294 r 5,484 r 1,810 r
2001 Q1 7,750 6,078 1,672 7,499 r 5,730 r 1,769 r
Q2 7,714 6,115 1,599 7,604 r 6,011 r 1,593 r
Q3 7,434 5,817 1,617 7,297 r 5,762 r 1,535 r
Q4 6,877 5,467 1,410 7,376 r 5,974 r 1,401 r
2002 Q1 7,411 6,027 1,384 7,391 r 5,892 r 1,500 r
Q2 7,861 6,269 1,592 7,511 r 5,938 r 1,573 r
Q3 7,892 6,249 1,643 7,754 r 6,196 r 1,558 r
Q4 7,423 5,747 1,676 7,931 r 6,266 r 1,664 r
2003 Q1 8,426 6,912 1,514 8,222 r 6,529 r 1,693 r
Q2 8,889 6,948 1,941 8,675 r 6,781 r 1,894 r
Q3 9,291 7,221 2,070 9,124 r 7,165 r 1,960 r
Q4 8,998 6,940 2,058 9,583 r 7,547 r 2,036 r
2004 Q1 10,665 8,524 2,141 10,473 r 8,042 r 2,431 r
Q2 11,535 9,060 2,475 11,208 r 8,825 r 2,383 r
Q3 12,227 9,315 2,912 12,020 r 9,275 r 2,745 r
Q4 12,223 8,999 3,224 12,950 r 9,756 r 3,193 r
2005 Q1 13,190 10,188 3,002 13,778 r 10,274 r 3,504 r
Q2 16,873 12,338 4,535 15,609 r 11,232 r 4,377 r
Q3 18,010 12,256 5,754 17,703 r 12,244 r 5,459 r
Q4 19,511 12,509 7,002 20,494 r 13,540 r 6,953 r
2006 Q1 23,939 16,283 7,656 24,274 r 15,310 r 8,964 r
Q2 26,722 15,489 11,233 25,869 r 15,090 r 10,779 r
Q3 28,083 15,418 12,665 27,430 r 15,486 r 11,944 r
Q4 28,544 15,766 12,778 29,715 r 17,070 r 12,645 r
2007 Q1 p 29,236 17,937 11,299 30,075 16,842 13,233
    Percentage change, latest qtr on corresponding qtr of previous year            
2007 Q1 p 22.1   10.2   47.6     23.9   10.0   47.6  
* including Deeds of Arrangement
p  provisional.
r  revised, reflecting update of seasonally adjusted figures.

Last updated on 01 May, 2007

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