Business: Newcastle upon Tyne

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the stock was of VAT registered businesses per 10,000 adults in the City of Newcastle upon Tyne in each year since 1996. (137109)

The information is set out in the table.

	Stock of VAT registered Businesses	Adults	Stock of VAT registered businesses per 10,000 adults
1996	5,569	226,073	246.3
1997	5,601	223,937	250.1
1998	5,671	221,186	256.4
1999	5,477	219,667	249.3
2000	5,372	217,488	247.0
2001	5,463	216,911	251.9
2002	5,411	217,440	248.9
2003	5,442	218,792	248.7
2004	5,573	222,140	250.9
2005	5,669	229,254	247.3
2006	5,769	¹—	¹—
¹Not available yet

Volume 460: debated on Thursday 17 May 2007