HC Deb 18 February 1992 vol 204 cc80-1W
Mrs. Currie

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list for the past five years the number of new VAT registrations in south Derbyshire, taking into account changes in the VAT registration limit.

Mrs. Gillian Shephard

The local VAT office in Derbyshire covers, in addition to the constituency of Derbyshire, South, parts of Leicestershire and Staffordshire. The number of VAT registrations processed by that office in the last five years is as follows:

Year New registrations
1987 2,043
1988 2,483
1989 2,847
1990 2,370
1991 1,869