Business: Newcastle upon Tyne Jim Cousins 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. John Healey 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— | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 Not available yet| | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------