HC Deb 18 December 1996 vol 287 cc642-3W
Mr. Milburn

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many VAT (i) registrations and (ii) deregistrations there have been in each Customs and Excise area in each year since 1990–91. [9741]

Mr. Oppenheim

Customs holds registration and deregistration information by local office and groups these offices to form collections. The information, by collection, is in the schedule.

However, changes in collection boundaries over the years make year-on-year comparisons between them inappropriate in some cases.

Registrations and deregistrations by financial year
Collection 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96
Registrations
Northern Ireland 4,195 3,600 3,759 4,000 3,666 3,744
Central England 20,639 17,968 17,593 16,685 16,469 16,362
Anglia 16,166 12,695 14,104 14,230 13,470 10,481
South-east England 14,067 10,682 12,439 12,405 11,339 6,946
South England 17,621 14,956 13,853 13,984 12,979 13,485
Thames Valley 24,028 21,201 20,108 20,899 20,325 19,476
London Central 15,197 12,564 13,946 13,472 12,456 15,930
London South and Thames 8,349 8,043 8,328 10,857 9,588 12,118
East England 21,492 18,677 17,919 17,402 17,028 16,165
North-west England 20,752 18,091 17,003 15,876 15,064 14,611
North England 18,350 15,777 15,382 14,817 13,795 13,604
Scotland 15,020 12,799 12,891 12,682 12,103 12,243
Wales West and Borders 23,605 23,531 19,993 19,621 17,771 16,010
Deregistrations
Northern Ireland 3,128 3,934 3,303 3,417 3,280 3,160
Central England 17,007 23,887 21,698 20,607 17,593 16,622
Anglia 14,443 20,244 19,332 17,924 15,283 10,703
South-east England 11,544 17,115 17,600 16,121 13,193 7,705
South England 15,185 22,852 20,675 18,065 16,687 15,149
Thames Valley 18,641 26,612 24,822 23,514 20,130 18,630
London Central 12,848 15,905 16,197 14,222 11,558 12,767
London South and Thames 7,680 9,610 6,999 11,151 8,696 11,701
East England 18,839 25,010 21,822 21,197 18,851 17,651
North-west England 15,971 23,017 20,868 21,104 17,304 16,750
North England 16,470 21,289 18,708 17,030 16,665 16,759
Scotland 12,852 15,777 13,368 14,458 12,316 12,664
Wales West and Borders 21,516 29,357 25,971 25,396 21,996 17,163