Public Houses: Closures
(asked on 13th October 2020) - View Source
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 number of pubs that have closed in (a) Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency, (b) Bexley Borough, (c) London and (d) England in each of the last 10 years.
The ONS data below shows the overall number of public houses and bars in Bexleyheath and Crayford, Bexley Borough, London and England in each year from 2011 to 2020. Numbers of business closures specifically (VAT de-registrations) are not available at this level of industrial and geographical detail.
Number of Public House and Bar Local Units
Date | Bexleyheath and Crayford | Bexley | London* | England |
2011 | 95 | 40 | 3,795 | 36,455 |
2012 | 95 | 40 | 3,795 | 35,900 |
2013 | 95 | 35 | 3,685 | 34,670 |
2014 | 85 | 35 | 3,635 | 34,255 |
2015 | 90 | 40 | 3,690 | 34,215 |
2016 | 90 | 40 | 3,630 | 33,585 |
2017 | 95 | 40 | 3,545 | 33,045 |
2018 | 90 | 35 | 3,560 | 32,960 |
2019 | 85 | 35 | 3,550 | 33,305 |
2020 | 85 | 35 | 3,590 | 33,125 |
Source: ONS Business Counts. *Series break due to London geographical boundary change in 2016