HC Deb 17 May 1994 vol 243 c385W
Mr. Robert Banks

To ask the President of the Board of Trade how many new businesses have started in north Yorkshire in each year since 1978.

Mr. McLoughlin

The numbers asked for are not available. The best guide to trends in the number of business starts at county level come from VAT data. Figures are available for the years 1980 to 1992 and are published in "VAT Registrations and Deregistrations, County and District Analysis", 1980 to 1991, and 1992 editions. Both these documents are available in the Library of the House or on-line via NOMIS. For further information, contact the NOMIS team at NOMIS, Unit 3P, Mountjoy research centre, University of Durham DH1 3SW.