Small Businesses: Dartford

(asked on 22nd October 2015) - View Source

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many small businesses were registered in Dartford in each of the last 10 years.


Answered by
Anna Soubry Portrait
Anna Soubry
This question was answered on 30th October 2015

The number of small businesses that were registered for VAT or PAYE in Dartford between 2006 and 2015 is shown below.

Year

Number of small[1] businesses registered for VAT or PAYE[2] in Dartford

2006

2,420

2007

2,475

2008

3,180

2009

3,150

2010

3,005

2011

2,955

2012

3,135

2013

3,205

2014

3,380

2015

3,725

Source: ONS, UK Business: activity, size and location.


[1] Small businesses defined as employing less than 50 people. Data refers to Dartford parliamentary constituency.


[2] For 2006 and 2007, only the numbers of VAT registered businesses are available.

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