§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give a breakdown by region and county of the number of businesses that have registered and de-registered for value added tax since 1981.
§ Sir John CopeCustoms holds registration and deregistration information by local office and groups these offices to form collections. It is only able to provide this information, by collection, for the period from January 1987 to September 1993. This is as follows:
§ Mr. Dorrell[holding answer 26 November 1993]: The cost of these items was 90p per employee. The Inland Revenue will deal with these tiny amounts as it would with similar benefits for other employees.