§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list for each of the last 10 years within the Doncaster district(a) the number of new businesses who have registered for value added tax and (b) the number of businesses that have ceased registering for value added tax; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. LilleyI regret that records are not maintained on a town or district basis. The local VAT office at 'Doncaster covers not only Doncaster but also the area which includes Selby, Barnsley, Scunthorpe and Wakefield. The numbers of VAT registrations and de-registrations processed by that office for each of the calendar years 1979–88 was:
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Year New registrations De-registrations 1979 1,863 1,515 1980 1,576 1,396 1981 1,789 1,245 1982 1,367 1,162 1983 1,969 1,497 1984 1,955 1,722 1985 1,816 1,936 1986 2,231 2,308 1987 2,239 1,972 1988 2,819 2,089
§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list for each of the past 10 years(a) the number of new businesses which have registered for value added tax and (b) the number of businesses that have ceased to register for value added tax in Greenock and Port Glasgow.
§ Mr. Lilley[holding answer 7 March 1989]: I regret that statistics are not maintained on a town or district basis. The local VAT office at Greenock covers not only Greenock and Port Glasgow but a large geographical area including Oban, Paisley, Ayr, Kilmarnock, and Newton Stewart. The number of VAT registrations and de-registrations processed by that office for each of the calendar years 1979 to 1988 was:
Year New registrations De-registrations 1979 2,711 2,151 1980 2,172 1,857 1981 2,345 1,742 1982 1,803 1,712 1983 1,933 1,745 1984 1,640 1,472 1985 1,929 1,792 1986 1,913 1,788 1987 1,840 1,669 1988 2,466 2,059