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Written Question
Business: Essex
Thursday 7th December 2017

Asked by: Priti Patel (Conservative - Witham)

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the value added to the UK economy by businesses based in Essex.

Answered by Claire Perry

The Office for National Statistics has published data on the gross value added (GVA) allocated to local authorities in the UK. There are fourteen authorities that map to the county of Essex. The GVA for each in 2015 is contained in the table below. The total amount for all fourteen authorities is £38.1bn.

Local Authority name

£Million

Southend-on-Sea

3,132

Thurrock

3,270

Braintree

3,071

Colchester

3,958

Tendring

2,161

Epping Forest

3,126

Harlow

1,937

Uttlesford

2,404

Brentwood

2,240

Chelmsford

4,342

Maldon

1,212

Basildon

4,481

Castle Point

1,295

Rochford

1,423