HC Deb 29 January 1996 vol 270 cc515-6W
Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the President of the Board of Trade how many businesses(a) registered and (b) deregistered for VAT in (i) the north-west and (ii) Pendle in 1994 and 1995. [12598]

Mr. Page

The latest available figures are for 1994 and are as follows:

VAT registrations and deregistrations in 1994
Registrations Deregistrations
North-West 17,375 17,751
Pendle 261 246

The above estimates include adjustments for the effects of the changes in the VAT threshold in November 1993, and hence differ from those published elsewhere by Her Majesty's Customs and Excise.

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