§ Mr. GrieveTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many VAT-registrable businesses there were in the United Kingdom in each year since 1979. [10838]
§ Dawn Primarolo[holding answer 28 July 1997]: Customs does not hold information on the number of VAT-registrable businesses in the United Kingdom in each year since 1979. However, the number of businesses actually registered for VAT in the UK in each financial year since 1983 was as follows:
Financial year Registered businesses 1983–84 1,433,100 1984–85 1,458,900 1985–86 1,477,400 1986–87 1,505,500 1987–88 1,554,000 1988–89 1,623,866 1989–90 1,710,106 1990–91 1,745,097 1991–92 1,677,829 1992–93 1,632,013 1993–94 1,593,770 1994–95 1,579,869 1995–96 1,573,620 1996–97 1,595,271