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Individual Insolvencies (England and Wales)
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11,894insolvencies per month
Methodology
## What this measures
The number of people in England and Wales who entered bankruptcy, a debt relief order or an individual voluntary arrangement in the month.
## Why it matters
It is the hard end of household financial stress.
## How to read it
Compare with a year earlier. IVAs are most of the total, and their numbers are driven partly by debt-advice firms, so read changes with that in mind.
## What it does not say
It covers England and Wales only and excludes informal debt management plans.
## Source
Insolvency Service (GOV.UK official statistics), monthly individual insolvency statistics, England and Wales, seasonally adjusted, from the long-run series CSV of the latest release. Palanor re-reads the latest release every day.
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