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Written question asked by David Ward (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 2 March 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 5 March 2015 (named day). It was answered by Matt Hancock (Conservative) on Thursday, 5 March 2015 on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

New Businesses: Bradford

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many new business start-ups there have been in (a) Bradford East constituency and (b) Bradford (i) since 2010 and (ii) from 2005 to 2010.

Answer

Amazingly, data on start-ups is not available for years before 2008. The estimated number of business start-ups in a) the Bradford East constituency and b) Bradford local authority from 2008 and 2014 are shown in the table below.

Year

Business start-ups in the Bradford East constituency

Business start-ups in Bradford local authority

2008

640

3,040

2009

590

3,050

2010

730

3,560

2011

760

3,580

2012

670

3,280

2013

620

3,050

2014

560

2,740

Total for period 2010 to 2014

3,330

16,220

Source: BankSearch: number of new business bank accounts opened. All figures rounded to the nearest 10.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
225897
Session
2014-15
Subjects
New businesses Bradford
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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