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Summary - Individual Insolvency Statistics April to June 2021

Published 30 July 2021

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Total individual insolvencies in England & Wales decreased by 4% from Q1 2021 to 27,662 in Q2 2021

A bar chart showing the number of individual insolvencies in Q2 2021 compared to Q1 2021 by type. The data can be found in Table 1a of the accompanying tables.

Number of company insolvencies in Q2 2021 (upper bars; darker) and Q1 2021 (lower bars; lighter)

2021 Q2 % change from Q1 2021
Total individual insolvencies 27,662 -4%
Bankruptcies 2,385 -9%
Debt relief orders 4,367 +5%
Individual voluntary arrangements 20,910 -5%

Numbers of bankruptcies and debt relief orders remained lower than pre-pandemic levels

A line chart showing the change over time in the individual insolvency rate in England and Wales between Q2 2016 and Q2 2021. The data can be found in Table 2 of the accompanying tables.

The insolvency rate per 10,000 adults also fell, driven mostly by a lower rate of individual voluntary arrangements

A line chart showing the change over time in the quarterly number of individual insolvencies in England and Wales between Q2 2016 and Q2 2021. The data can be found in Table 1a of the accompanying tables.
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