§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list for each VAT office the number of registrations and deregistrations for each year since 1989.
§ Sir John CopeThe information requested is as follows:
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Registrations Deregistrations Local VAT Office 1989 1990 1991 1992 1989 1990 1991 1992 Newcastle Upon Tyne 2,349 2,041 1,744 1,624 1,743 1,681 2,119 2,061 Northampton 3,523 3,051 2,134 1,957 2,211 2,219 2,785 2,544 Norwich 3,321 2,769 2,071 1,815 2,369 2,524 3,133 2,676 Nottingham 2,793 2,535 2,155 1,730 1,752 2,080 2,909 2,209 Oldham 2,814 2,756 2,196 2,268 2,132 1,828 2,661 3,076 Orpington 3,572 3,149 2,383 2,213 1,921 1,824 3,752 3,535 Oxford 2,907 2,439 2,370 2,081 1,813 1,871 2,684 2,529 Peterborough 3,136 3,325 2,446 2,191 2,282 2,600 3,106 2,797 Plymouth 4,019 3,139 2,671 2,390 2,765 2,702 3,955 3,981 Poole 3,791 2,941 2,304 2,116 2,615 2,360 2,943 3,583 Portsmouth 4,344 3,409 2,876 2,641 2,601 2,260 3,872 3,688 Reading 3,303 3,238 2,728 2,603 1,906 2,151 3,137 2,961 Redhill 2,946 2,793 2,301 2,211 1,933 2,018 2,913 2,782 Romford 3,413 3,071 2,596 2,210 2,094 2,104 3,738 3,697 Sheffield 2,941 2,278 2,188 1,990 1,763 2,058 2,425 2,411 Shrewsbury 3,008 2,579 2,238 2,198 1,996 2,018 2,692 2,787 Southampton 3,809 3,105 2,772 2,255 2,377 2,437 3,393 2,999 Southend 3,839 2,900 2,179 1,899 1,993 2,035 3,701 2,852 Staines 2,554 2,755 2,430 2,145 1,484 2,141 2,757 2,648 Stratford 3,000 2,216 2,205 2,573 2,370 1,774 2,836 3,499 Swansea 3,421 3,135 2,366 2,141 2,827 2,728 3,531 3,022 Taunton 2,997 2,440 2,261 2,343 2,234 2,256 3,040 3,390 Uxbridge 3,155 2,865 2,077 1,923 1,926 2,002 2,652 2,515 Washington 2,904 2,618 2,040 1,920 2,153 2,260 2,742 2,363 Wembley 3,093 2,866 2,369 2,108 2,101 2,108 2,848 3,145 West End 4,160 4,033 3,113 2,949 2,948 3,102 3,245 3,271 Westminster 2,414 2,423 2,054 1,967 1,592 1,522 2,039 2,089 Wigan 2,819 2,696 2,082 1,924 1,943 2,108 2,473 2,476 Woking 3,556 3,412 2,979 2,767 2,161 2,070 3,224 3,514 Wolverhampton 2,015 1,941 1,688 1,663 1,470 1,618 2,123 2,205