Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of farmers that have declared themselves bankrupt in each year since 2010.
The number of compulsory liquidations for each of the last five years is shown below. These data are for England and Wales, separate data are not available for England. They are for the Standard Industrial Classification code covering crop and animal production and hunting (on a commercial basis for food, fur etc.)[1].
It should be noted that these are experimental statistics i.e. new official statistics that are undergoing evaluation.
Year | Company liquidations, both voluntary and compulsory | Bankruptcies where the individuals were self employed |
2010 | 33 | 93 |
2011 | 44 | 90 |
2012 | 41 | 70 |
2013 | 44 | 49 |
2014 | 39 | 30 |
Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/insolvency-statistics-april-to-june-2015
[1] Excludes hunting for sport or recreational activities, and fishing