§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will publish a table of information showing for regions of the United Kingdom, with Greater London shown as a separate region, the number of VAT registrations and de-registrations for each year since 1979.
§ Mr. Leigh[holding answer 15 February 1993]: Regional estimates of VAT registratio:ns and deregistrations, for the years 1980 to 1991, were published in CSO bulletin (5/93) on 15 January 1993, a copy of which is available in the Library.