2000 to 2008 data on individual insolvencies in England and Wales, consisting of counts and rates per 10,000 people for bankruptcy orders and individual voluntary arrangements (IVAs). The data is sourced from the Insolvency Service and published by Neighbourhood Statistics. Insolvent individuals are dealt with mainly under the Insolvency Act 1986.
Use Cases
- Analyze regional trends in personal insolvency based on Local Authority District and Government Office Region geographies.
- Compare the prevalence of bankruptcy orders versus individual voluntary arrangements (IVAs) over time.
- Model the relationship between economic cycles and insolvency rates per 10,000 people.
- Assess the impact of the Insolvency Act 1986 by examining pre- and post-legislation trends.
Strengths
- Covers a 9-year time range from 2000 to 2008.
- Provides data at three geographic levels: Local Authority District, Government Office Region, and National.
- Includes both raw counts and normalized rates per 10,000 people.
- Sourced from official administrative data from the Insolvency Service.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Data is over 15 years old as of the last metadata update in 2026; freshness should be verified.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- Insolvency Service
- Collection Method
- Administrative data
- Time Range
- 2000 to 2008
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:24.189318; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- England and Wales