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Individual insolvency statistics July to September 2020

Statistics on new individual insolvencies in England and Wales, and related statistics for Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Documents

Commentary - Individual Insolvency Statistics July to September 2020

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Data Tables in Excel (xlsx) Format - Individual Insolvency Statistics July to September 2020

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Data Tables in Open Document Spreadsheet (ods) Format - Individual Insolvency July to September 2020

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Infographic - Individual Insolvency Statistics July to September 2020

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Trader Bankruptcies by Industry in Excel (xlsx) Format - Individual Insolvency Statistics July to September 2020

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Trader Bankruptcies by Industry in Open Document Spreadsheet (ods) Format - Individual Insolvency Statistics July to September 2020

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CSV Tables - Individual Insolvency Statistics July to September 2020

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Pre-Release Access List - Individual Insolvency Statistics July to September 2020

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Details

This statistics release contains the latest data on individual insolvency (people who are unable to pay debts and enter formal procedures).

Statistics are presented separately for England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland because of differences in legislation and policy.

Main messages

Individual insolvencies in Q3 2020

Overall numbers of individual insolvencies in England and Wales decreased sharply in Q3 2020 when compared with both Q2 2020 and the same quarter in the previous year.

This decrease was driven by individual voluntary arrangements though this was somewhat artificial – a single provider submitted a large number of late registrations in May 2020 resulting in a high volume of IVAs in Q2 2020.

Bankruptcies increased while debt relief orders decreased in the latest quarter, though both remain low.

Updates to this page

Published 30 October 2020

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