VAT-registered Enterprises

HC Deb 10 June 2004 vol 422 cc570-3W

Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many VAT-registered enterprises there were in each(a) region and (b) London borough in each of the last 10 years. [177063]

Nigel Griffiths

Barclays Bank's latest survey of business creation includes non-VAT registered firms and shows that there were 115,000 business start-ups in England and Wales in the last quarter of 2003. Barclays data are not available for Scotland or Northern Ireland. The latest yearly figures show 465,000 business start-ups in England and Wales in 2003. This represents a 19 per cent. increase on the year before.

The following tables records Barclays business creation data for each region and London boroughs in 2003. Barclays latest survey of business creation publication only contains 2003 data for regions and London boroughs.

2003
Regions	Number
East	47,500
East Midlands	34,700
London	84,300
North East	15,100
North West	57,400
South East	76,300
South West	52,400
West Midlands	38,000
Yorkshire and the Humber	37,700

2003
London boroughs	Number
Barking and Dagenham	800
Barnet	4,700
Bexley	1,200
Brent	4,000
Bromley	2,300
Camden	4,500
Croydon	3,800
Ealing	4,500
Enfield	2,200
Greenwich	1,300
Hackney	2,400
Hammersmith and Fulham	3,400
Haringey	2,500
Harrow	2,200
Havering	1,700
Hillingdon	1,700
Hounslow	2,100
Islington	3,000
Kensington and Chelsea	2,500
Kingston upon Thames	1,600
Lambeth	3,000

2003
London boroughs	Number
Lewisham	1,500
Merton	2,000
Newham	1,900
Redbridge	2,600
Richmond upon Thames	2,100
Southwark	1,900
Sutton	1,300
Tower Hamlets	2,600
Waltham Forest	1,700

VAT registrations in each year
Government office region	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998
England	1,378,380	1,374,275	1,377,300	1,393,070	1,426,265
Scotland	120,805	120,475	120,225	120,670	122,260
Wales	80,180	78,480	77,545	77,170	77,390
Northern Ireland	53,410	53,725	54,090	54,635	55,420
North East	43,860	43,500	42,900	42,855	43,080
North West	163,500	161,795	160,445	161,200	163,430
Yorkshire and the Humber	123,270	122,345	121,165	121,600	122,635
East Midlands	112,585	112,380	112,400	112,920	114,830
West Midlands	138,320	137,755	137,545	138,295	140,430
East	161,660	160,980	161,810	163,930	168,355
South East	244,390	243,755	245,470	249,350	257,135
South West	156,680	155,350	154,130	155,190	158,095

VAT registrations in each year
Government office region	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
England	1,458,720	1,479,900	1,498,425	1,505,575	1,505,495
Scotland	123,355	123,565	123,800	123,980	124,200
Wales	77,345	76,905	76,935	76,990	76,310
Northern Ireland	55,980	55,990	55,735	55,810	56,100
North East	43,340	43,600	44,040	43,745	43,825
North West	165,880	167,420	168,970	169,860	169,705
Yorkshire and the Humber	123,770	124,320	124,955	124,605	124,405
East Midlands	116,585	117,605	118,900	119,500	120,455
West Midlands	142,630	143,980	145,615	146,225	146,310
East	172,050	174,450	177,020	177,445	177,915
South East	265,115	270,325	274,475	277,540	278,670
South West	160,725	162,350	163,410	163,795	163,465

VAT registrations in each year
London borough	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998
Camden	15,555	15,875	16,460	17,175	17,770
Hackney	5,320	5,300	5,385	5,500	5,765
Hammersmith and Fulham	5,900	5,955	6,080	6,260	6,615
Haringey	5,270	5,265	5,265	5,430	5,695
Islington	7,940	8,175	8,395	8,765	9,505
Kensington and Chelsea	7,905	8,070	8,135	8,340	8,660
Lambeth	5,235	5,160	5,245	5,415	5,670
Lewisham	3,790	3,680	3,660	3,685	3,850
Newham	3,230	3,165	3,135	3,100	3,190
Southwark	5,905	5,930	5,975	6,125	6,465
Tower Hamlets	5,560	5,580	5,645	5,715	6,000
Wandsworth	7,270	7,320	7,405	7,700	8,105
Westminster	28,630	29,830	31,245	32,445	33,945
Barking and Dagenham	2,145	2,070	2,175	2,190	2,230
Barnet	12,575	12,870	13,485	14,000	14,730
Bexley	4,505	4,435	4,375	4,450	4,615
Brent	7,270	7,290	7,305	7,435	7,800
Bromley	8,120	8,040	8,030	8,165	8,395
Croydon	8,000	7,835	7,850	7,835	8,010
Ealing	7,935	7,900	7,885	8,095	8,455
Enfield	5,775	5,720	5,725	5,835	6,040
Greenwich	3,425	3,275	3,275	3,320	3,510

2003
London boroughs	Number
Wandsworth	4,000
Westminster1	6,900
1Includes figures for the City of London.
Source:
For tables–Barclays Small Business Survey: http://www.business.barclays.co.uk/

The stock of businesses registered for VAT in each (a) region and (b) London borough in each year between 1994 and 2003, are as follows:

VAT registrations in each year
London borough	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998
Harrow	6,655	6,740	6,780	6,860	7,075
Havering	5,350	5,230	5,180	5,225	5,355
Hillingdon	6,725	6,700	6,725	6,795	6,970
Hounslow	5,850	5,760	5,830	5,885	6,085
Kingston upon Thames	4,275	4,320	4,380	4,475	4,720
Merton	4,725	4,670	4,775	4,830	5,095
Redbridge	5,175	5,145	5,120	5,205	5,350
Richmond upon Thames	6,905	6,945	7,150	7,410	7,725
Sutton	4,745	4,730	4,710	4,800	4,930
Waltham Forest	4,255	4,225	4,195	4,215	4,300

VAT registrations in each year
London boroughs	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Camden	17,960	18,375	18,645	18,630	18,420
Hackney	6,230	6,545	6,895	7,095	7,165
Hammersmith and Fulham	7,225	7,665	8,110	8,435	8,490
Haringey	5,935	6,165	6,340	6,420	6,425
Islington	10,115	10,245	10,280	10,280	10,125
Kensington and Chelsea	9,005	9,350	9,640	9,800	9,920
Lambeth	5,960	6,230	6,455	6,675	6,910
Lewisham	4,085	4,230	4,365	4,515	4,535
Newham	3,355	3,505	3,665	3,790	3,865
Southwark	6,870	7,195	7,565	7,910	8,020
Tower Hamlets	6,410	6,825	7,095	7,270	7,450
Wandsworth	8,585	9,020	9,250	9,485	9,610
Westminster	35,445	37,000	37,825	38,480	38,370
Barking and Dagenham	2,155	2,255	2,400	2,490	2,570
Barnet	14,865	14,635	14,425	13,630	12,720
Bexley	4,705	4,830	4,910	4,995	5,035
Brent	8,125	8,330	8,445	8,510	8,480
Bromley	8,740	8,805	8,920	9,050	9,015
Croydon	8,295	8,425	8,540	8,605	8,560
Ealing	8,885	9,240	9,510	9,665	9,745
Enfield	6,330	6,495	6,665	6,710	6,715
Greenwich	3,685	3,785	3,890	3,995	4,045
Harrow	7,325	7,355	7,350	7,330	7,280
Havering	5,515	5,590	5,630	5,695	5,655
Hillingdon	7,215	7,340	7,420	7,410	7,420
Hounslow	6,345	6,575	6,705	6,930	6,920
Kingston upon Thames	4,995	5,205	5,280	5,270	5,195
Merton	5,370	5,500	5,665	5,670	5,590
Redbridge	5,600	5,735	5,860	5,750	5,605
Richmond upon Thames	8,100	8,365	8,560	8,730	8,750
Sutton	5,090	5,175	5,140	5,150	5,115
Waltham Forest	4,515	4,620	4,665	4,655	4,660
Source:
For tables—Business Start-ups and Closures: VAT Stocks, Small Business Service, available from www.sbs.gov.uk/analytical/statistics/vatstats.php
Data for 2004 will be available in autumn 2004.

VAT registrations do not capture all business activity. Businesses are unlikely to be registered if they fall below the compulsory VAT threshold, which has risen in each year since 1997. Similarly, businesses that de-register will not necessarily have closed. Only 1.8 million out of 3.8 million enterprises were registered for VAT at the start of 2002.