§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many firms joined and how many left the value added tax register in the latest 12-month period for which figures are available; and what are the figures for each month during that period.
§ Mr. Bruce-GardyneFor the 12-month period from December 1980 to November 1981, 143,582 names were added to the value added tax register. In the same period, 121,093 persons sought cancellation of their registrations but many of these will not be removed from the register until computer processing returns to normal following the recent industrial action in the Civil Service.
I regret that, because of the industrial action, monthly figures for the period are not available.