The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated February 2010:
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question concerning how many businesses have started up in Hemsworth since 1997. [316619]
Annual statistics on business births, deaths and survival are available for 2002 onwards from the ONS release on Business Demography at:
www.statistics.gov.uk
The following table contains the latest statistics available on business births for Hemsworth.
Total 2002 205 2003 215 2004 245 2005 250 2006 225 2007 245 2008 215