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Insolvency

Asked by Nick TimothyConservativeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 20 October 2025UIN 78996

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the use of bankruptcy law by companies to avoid repaying contractual repayments.

Answered by Blair McDougall

My Department has not made this assessment. Statistics on the volumes of corporate insolvencies are published and can be found at Company insolvency statistics releases - GOV.UK.

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