Bristol left reading national figures as insolvency, road and planning datasets drop in three days

Four separate sets of official statistics released within three days give a broad national picture of individual insolvencies, company insolvencies, road congestion and performance against ministerial measures, but they do not provide Bristol-specific figures [1][2][3][4][5].

The Insolvency Service published monthly individual insolvency figures for July 2026 on 18 August, covering bankruptcies, debt relief orders and individual voluntary arrangements in England and Wales and Northern Ireland, and quarterly data for Scotland, as well as Breathing Space scheme statistics for England and Wales [1]. On the same day it published company insolvency statistics for July 2026, showing numbers, rates and sectors of companies entering formal insolvency procedures in England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland [2].

The Department for Transport also released travel-time measures on 18 August for the year ending June 2026, covering congestion on motorways and 'A' roads managed by National Highways in England and on locally managed 'A' roads in Great Britain [3][4].

Two days later, on 20 August, the Planning Inspectorate issued experimental official statistics on performance against ministerial measures [5].

Together the releases cover individual insolvencies, company insolvencies, road congestion and performance against ministerial measures, but none is broken down to Bristol level [1][2][3][4][5].