Asked by: Craig Mackinlay (Conservative - South Thanet)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many small businesses have opened in South Thanet in each of the last five years.
Answered by Margot James
The Office for National Statistics publishes statistics on the number of enterprise “births” in Thanet in its publication Business Demography. A “birth” occurs when a business appears on the Inter-Departmental Business Register, following registration for either VAT or PAYE.
The following table gives “births” in Thanet for the most recent five years available.
2011 400
2012 390
2013 535
2014 525
2015 545
Data for 2016 is expected to be published later this year.