Mining and Quarrying: Insolvency
(asked on 14th September 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, how many companies with a primary Standard Industrial Classification of 08 (other mining and quarrying) entered insolvency in the United Kingdom in each year since 2018.
Answered by
Blair McDougall
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade) (Jointly with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
Numbers of companies with the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code 08 (other mining and quarrying) that entered insolvency in the UK in each year since 2018 are presented in the table below.
Year | Total | England and Wales | Scotland | Northern Ireland |
2018 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
2019 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 |
2020 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
2021 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
2022 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
2023 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
2024 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
2025 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 |
2026 [note 1] | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
Note 1: these numbers represent company insolvencies registered on or before 31 August 2026.