§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to his answer of 19 November,Official Report, column 225, to the hon. Member for Crewe and Nantwich (Mrs. Dunwoody) if he will give a breakdown by region and by county of the number of businesses that have registered and deregistered in each year since 1981.
§ Mr. Leigh[holding answer 27 November 1992]: A breakdown of the number of businesses that have registered and deregistered for VAT by region and by county for the years 1980 to 1990 was published in "VAT Registrations and Deregistrations, County and District Analyses 1980 to 1990", a copy of which is available in the Library or online via NOMIS. For further information, contact the NOMIS team at: NOMIS, Unit 3P, Mountjoy research centre, University of Durham, Durham DH1 3SW.