HC Deb 26 November 1992 vol 214 cc823-4W
Mr. Matthew Banks

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what were the numbers of new business start-ups for each year since 1980.

Mr. Leigh

[holding answer 24 November 1992]: The best available guide to trends in numbers of business starts comes from VAT data. The number of businesses newly registered for VAT for each year since 1980 are given in the table.

Registrations: 1980–1991
Thousand
Registrations
1980 158
1981 152
1982 166
1983 180
1984 182
1985 183
1986 192
1987 210
1988 240
1989 256
1990 239
1991 206

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