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Dept of Trade and Industry

Answer

Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many businesses in Pendle (a) registered and (b) de-registered for VAT in each year since 1997. [138101] Nigel Griffiths: The latest year for which VAT registration and de-registration data are available is 2002. The numbers of businesses that registered and de-registered for VAT in Pendle, Lancashire county, the North West Government Office Region (GOR) and the United Kingdom in the calendar years 1997-2002 are as follows: VAT registrations, all sizes of business, 1997 to 2002 Number _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Pendle 175 185 195 220 215 205 Lancashire 2,940 2,995 2,925 2,945 2,895 2,875 North West GOR 18,460 18,720 17,830 18,285 17,445 17,595 United Kingdom 187,690 187,515 181,370 184,035 174,620 175,800 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. VAT de-registrations, all sizes of business, 1997 to 2002 Number _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Pendle 200 190 180 185 205 175 Lancashire 2,720 2,615 2,690 2,630 3,035 2,895 North West GOR 16,230 16,270 16,290 16,735 16,550 17,750 United Kingdom 151,900 153,450 160,410 165,475 167,185 176,040 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. VAT registrations 1997-2002, rate per 10,000 resident adults1 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Pendle 26 27 29 32 31 29 Lancashire 33 33 33 33 32 32 North West GOR 35 35 34 34 33 33 United Kingdom 41 41 39 39 37 37 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. VAT de-registrations 1997 to 2002, rate per 10,000 resident adults1 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Pendle 30 28 27 27 30 25 Lancashire 30 29 30 29 34 32 North West GOR 30 31 31 31 31 33 United Kingdom 33 33 35 35 35 37 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Mid-year resident adults (aged 16 and over) Source: Business Start-ups and Closures: VAT Registrations and De-registrations 1994-2002

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

413 c321-2W; 138101

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Lancashire Registration Small businesses VAT North West Pendle

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