FOI22_23-058 - IVA stats between the years of 2012 and 2022
Published 20 January 2023
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Our ref: FOI22/23-058
Re: Freedom of Information Act 2000
Thank you for your email of 12 September in which you requested from the Insolvency Service:
“1) The number of people (individuals not businesses) in the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) who between the years of 2012 and 2022 who have entered into an IVA as a yearly breakdown e.g. 2012 - 13456, 2013 12378 etc….
2) The number of people (individuals not businesses) in the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) who between the years of 2012 and 2022 who have declared bankruptcy as a yearly breakdown e.g. 2012 - 13456, 2013 12378 etc….
3) The number of people in the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) who between the years of 2012 and 2022 have had IVA’s removed from the register because they have passed away as a yearly breakdown e.g. 2012 - 13456, 2013 12378 etc….”
Your request has been dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
I can confirm the agency holds the information that you have requested in question 1 and 2, and this information is available to you from:
- https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/individual-insolvency-statistics-april-to-june-2022. The number of individuals entering an IVA in England & Wales is shown in table 1, Northern Ireland is shown in table 8, and the number entering Protected Trust Deeds in Scotland is shown in table 6. A Protected Trust Deed is the closest equivalent to an IVA in Scotland. The number of individuals entering bankruptcy is shown in the same tables.
- Individual Insolvencies by Location, Age and Gender, England and Wales, 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Separate numbers for England and for Wales can be found in the Location, Age and Gender statistics.
The Insolvency Service is not obliged to provide you with a separate copy of information it holds where that information is reasonably accessible to the applicant.
As such, the information you have requested is exempt from disclosure under section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, and your request is refused.
The Insolvency Service does not hold the information you have requested in question 3.
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The Insolvency Service