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Use Insolvency Service Official Statistics? Tell The Service what you think

News Release issued by the COI News Distribution Service on 26 July 2010

The Insolvency Service has today (Monday 26 July 2010) launched an exercise seeking the views of stakeholders and others who use Official Statistics, such as the “Quarterly insolvency statistics”, it produces.

The aim of the Insolvency Service’ user engagement exercise is to ensure the scope, presentation and dissemination of the statistics meets the requirements and needs of users, a key principal within the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.

Commenting on the exercise Stephen Speed, Chief Executive of The Insolvency Service, said:

“It is important to us as an organisation that we produce statistics which are both informative and easy to interpret. I hope that users of our Official Statistics will take this opportunity to let us know how they can be improved.”

The statistical user engagement exercise can be found at http://www.insolvency.gov.uk/insolvencyprofessionandlegislation/con_doc_register/registerindex.htm

Notes to Editors

1 The Insolvency Service statistical user engagement exercise will run from Monday 26 July 2010 to 18 October 2010 and can be found at http://www.insolvency.gov.uk/insolvencyprofessionandlegislation/con_doc_register/registerindex.htm

2 The Insolvency Service administers the insolvency regime, investigating all compulsory liquidations and individual insolvencies (bankruptcies) through the Official Receiver to establish why they became insolvent. The Service also authorises and regulates the insolvency profession; deals with disqualification of directors in corporate failures; assesses and pays statutory entitlement to redundancy payments when an employer cannot or will not pay employees; provides banking and investment services for bankruptcy and liquidation estate funds; and advises ministers and other government departments on insolvency law and practice. Further information about the work of The Insolvency Service is available from http://www.insolvency.gov.uk

Contacts:

Denise Rawls.
Phone: 020 7674 6910
denise.rawls@insolvency.gsi.gov.uk

Ade Daramy
Phone: 020 7596 6187
ade.daramy@insolvency.gsi.gov.uk