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Dept of Trade and Industry

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Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many VAT-registered enterprises there were in each (a) region and (b) London borough in each of the last 10 years. [177063] Nigel Griffiths: Barclays Bank's latest survey of business creation includes non-VAT registered firms and shows that there were 115,000 business start-ups in England and Wales in the last quarter of 2003. Barclays data are not available for Scotland or Northern Ireland. The latest yearly figures show 465,000 business start-ups in England and Wales in 2003. This represents a 19 per cent. increase on the year before. The following tables records Barclays business creation data for each region and London boroughs in 2003. Barclays latest survey of business creation publication only contains 2003 data for regions and London boroughs. 2003 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Regions Number East 47,500 East Midlands 34,700 London 84,300 North East 15,100 North West 57,400 South East 76,300 South West 52,400 West Midlands 38,000 Yorkshire and the Humber 37,700 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 2003 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. London boroughs Number Barking and Dagenham 800 Barnet 4,700 Bexley 1,200 Brent 4,000 Bromley 2,300 Camden 4,500 Croydon 3,800 Ealing 4,500 Enfield 2,200 Greenwich 1,300 Hackney 2,400 Hammersmith and Fulham 3,400 Haringey 2,500 Harrow 2,200 Havering 1,700 Hillingdon 1,700 Hounslow 2,100 Islington 3,000 Kensington and Chelsea 2,500 Kingston upon Thames 1,600 Lambeth 3,000 Lewisham 1,500 Merton 2,000 Newham 1,900 Redbridge 2,600 Richmond upon Thames 2,100 Southwark 1,900 Sutton 1,300 Tower Hamlets 2,600 Waltham Forest 1,700 Wandsworth 4,000 Westminster1 6,900 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Includes figures for the City of London. Source: For tables--Barclays Small Business Survey: http://www.business.barclays.co.uk/ The stock of businesses registered for VAT in each (a) region and (b) London borough in each year between 1994 and 2003, are as follows: VAT registrations in each year _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Government office region 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 England 1,378,380 1,374,275 1,377,300 1,393,070 1,426,265 Scotland 120,805 120,475 120,225 120,670 122,260 Wales 80,180 78,480 77,545 77,170 77,390 Northern Ireland 53,410 53,725 54,090 54,635 55,420 North East 43,860 43,500 42,900 42,855 43,080 North West 163,500 161,795 160,445 161,200 163,430 Yorkshire and the Humber 123,270 122,345 121,165 121,600 122,635 East Midlands 112,585 112,380 112,400 112,920 114,830 West Midlands 138,320 137,755 137,545 138,295 140,430 East 161,660 160,980 161,810 163,930 168,355 South East 244,390 243,755 245,470 249,350 257,135 South West 156,680 155,350 154,130 155,190 158,095 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. VAT registrations in each year _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Government office region 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 England 1,458,720 1,479,900 1,498,425 1,505,575 1,505,495 Scotland 123,355 123,565 123,800 123,980 124,200 Wales 77,345 76,905 76,955 76,990 76,310 Northern Ireland 55,980 55,990 55,735 55,810 56,100 North East 43,340 43,600 44,040 43,745 43,825 North West 165,880 167,420 168,970 169,860 169,705 Yorkshire and the Humber 123,770 124,320 124,955 124,605 124,405 East Midlands 116,585 117,605 118,900 119,500 120,455 West Midlands 142,630 143,980 145,615 146,225 146,310 East 172,050 174,450 177,020 177,445 177,915 South East 265,115 270,325 274,475 277,540 278,670 South West 160,725 162,350 163,410 163,795 163,465 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. VAT registrations in each year _________________________________________________________________________________________________. London borough 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Camden 15,555 15,875 16,460 17,175 17,770 Hackney 5,320 5,300 5,385 5,500 5,765 Hammersmith and Fulham 5,900 5,955 6,080 6,260 6,615 Haringey 5,270 5,265 5,265 5,430 5,695 Islington 7,940 8,175 8,395 8,765 9,505 Kensington and Chelsea 7,905 8,070 8,135 8,340 8,660 Lambeth 5,235 5,160 5,245 5,415 5,670 Lewisham 3,790 3,680 3,660 3,685 3,850 Newham 3,230 3,165 3,135 3,100 3,190 Southwark 5,905 5,930 5,975 6,125 6,465 Tower Hamlets 5,560 5,580 5,645 5,715 6,000 Wandsworth 7,270 7,320 7,405 7,700 8,105 Westminster 28,630 29,830 31,245 32,445 33,945 Barking and Dagenham 2,145 2,070 2,175 2,190 2,230 Barnet 12,575 12,870 13,485 14,000 14,730 Bexley 4,505 4,435 4,375 4,450 4,615 Brent 7,270 7,290 7,305 7,435 7,800 Bromley 8,120 8,040 8,030 8,165 8,395 Croydon 8,000 7,835 7,850 7,835 8,010 Ealing 7,935 7,900 7,885 8,095 8,455 Enfield 5,775 5,720 5,725 5,835 6,040 Greenwich 3,425 3,275 3,275 3,320 3,510 Harrow 6,655 6,740 6,780 6,860 7,075 Havering 5,350 5,230 5,180 5,225 5,355 Hillingdon 6,725 6,700 6,725 6,795 6,970 Hounslow 5,850 5,760 5,830 5,885 6,085 Kingston upon Thames 4,275 4,320 4,380 4,475 4,720 Merton 4,725 4,670 4,775 4,830 5,095 Redbridge 5,175 5,145 5,120 5,205 5,350 Richmond upon Thames 6,905 6,945 7,150 7,410 7,725 Sutton 4,745 4,730 4,710 4,800 4,930 Waltham Forest 4,255 4,225 4,195 4,215 4,300 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. VAT registrations in each year ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. London boroughs 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Camden 17,960 18,375 18,645 18,630 18,420 Hackney 6,230 6,545 6,895 7,095 7,165 Hammersmith and Fulham 7,225 7,665 8,110 8,435 8,490 Haringey 5,935 6,165 6,340 6,420 6,425 Islington 10,115 10,245 10,280 10,280 10,125 Kensington and Chelsea 9,005 9,350 9,640 9,800 9,920 Lambeth 5,960 6,230 6,455 6,675 6,910 Lewisham 4,085 4,230 4,365 4,515 4,535 Newham 3,355 3,505 3,665 3,790 3,865 Southwark 6,870 7,195 7,565 7,910 8,020 Tower Hamlets 6,410 6,825 7,095 7,270 7,450 Wandsworth 8,585 9,020 9,250 9,485 9,610 Westminster 35,445 37,000 37,825 38,480 38,370 Barking and Dagenham 2,155 2,255 2,400 2,490 2,570 Barnet 14,865 14,635 14,425 13,630 12,720 Bexley 4,705 4,830 4,910 4,995 5,035 Brent 8,125 8,330 8,445 8,510 8,480 Bromley 8,740 8,805 8,920 9,050 9,015 Croydon 8,295 8,425 8,540 8,605 8,560 Ealing 8,885 9,240 9,510 9,665 9,745 Enfield 6,330 6,495 6,665 6,710 6,715 Greenwich 3,685 3,785 3,890 3,995 4,045 Harrow 7,325 7,355 7,350 7,330 7,280 Havering 5,515 5,590 5,630 5,695 5,655 Hillingdon 7,215 7,340 7,420 7,410 7,420 Hounslow 6,345 6,575 6,705 6,930 6,920 Kingston upon Thames 4,995 5,205 5,280 5,270 5,195 Merton 5,370 5,500 5,665 5,670 5,590 Redbridge 5,600 5,735 5,860 5,750 5,605 Richmond upon Thames 8,100 8,365 8,560 8,730 8,750 Sutton 5,090 5,175 5,140 5,150 5,115 Waltham Forest 4,515 4,620 4,665 4,655 4,660 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. Source: For tables--Business Start-ups and Closures: VAT Stocks, Small Business Service, available from www.sbs.gov.uk/analytical/ statistics/vatstats.php Data for 2004 will be available in autumn 2004. VAT registrations do not capture all business activity. Businesses are unlikely to be registered if they fall below the compulsory VAT threshold, which has risen in each year since 1997. Similarly, businesses that de-register will not necessarily have closed. Only 1.8 million out of 3.8 million enterprises were registered for VAT at the start of 2002.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

177063; 422 c570-4W

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Companies Greater London New businesses Registration VAT

Contains statistics

Yes

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