HC Deb 06 December 1990 vol 182 c174W
Mr. Grylls

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will state the latest weekly figures for net new business registrations.

Mr. Forth

During 1989, the latest period for which figures have been published by my Department, the number of businesses registered for VAT increased by nearly 1,700 a week on average. Early indications from data collected by HM Customs and Excise is that there continues to be a substantial surplus of registrations over deregistrations.

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