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 small businesses that have closed in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry and (c) England in each of the last five years.
The latest business closure figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) for Coventry, and England, are available for 2014-2018 . To note, the business closure figures were published as a special ONS request for Coventry and England but not the Coventry North East Constituency. 2019 estimates may be available from the ONS upon request.
Business closures
| Coventry | England |
2018 | 1,450 | 297,895 |
2017 | 1,510 | 325,660 |
2016 | 1,185 | 248,655 |
2015 | 1,200 | 249,955 |
2014 | 1,045 | 217,640 |