Asked by: Yvonne Fovargue (Labour - Makerfield)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what information her Department holds on how many people have accessed a personal insolvency solution while the Insolvency Service has been conducting its Review of the personal insolvency framework.
Answered by Kevin Hollinrake - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The number of people entering a formal personal insolvency solution since the commencement of the personal insolvency review at the beginning of July 2022 until 28 February 2023 was 74,124.
The Insolvency Service publishes official statistics each month on the number of people entering a personal insolvency solution. The latest insolvency statistics can be accessed at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/monthly-insolvency-statistics-february-2023.
Asked by: Yvonne Fovargue (Labour - Makerfield)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when the Government plans to publish its response to the consultation entitled Call for evidence: reviewing the personal insolvency landscape.
Answered by Kevin Hollinrake - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The call for evidence on the review of the personal insolvency closed on 23 October 2022. The Government is currently analysing the significant number of responses and feedback received and will publish its response in due course.
Asked by: Yvonne Fovargue (Labour - Makerfield)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an assessment of the impact of insomnia on UK productivity.
Answered by Nusrat Ghani - Minister of State (Minister for Europe)
We have no plans to make an assessment of the impact on insomnia on UK productivity.