Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many new business start-ups there have been in (a) Bradford East constituency and (b) Bradford (i) since 2010 and (ii) from 2005 to 2010.
Amazingly, data on start-ups is not available for years before 2008. The estimated number of business start-ups in a) the Bradford East constituency and b) Bradford local authority from 2008 and 2014 are shown in the table below.
Year | Business start-ups in the Bradford East constituency | Business start-ups in Bradford local authority |
2008 | 640 | 3,040 |
2009 | 590 | 3,050 |
2010 | 730 | 3,560 |
2011 | 760 | 3,580 |
2012 | 670 | 3,280 |
2013 | 620 | 3,050 |
2014 | 560 | 2,740 |
Total for period 2010 to 2014 | 3,330 | 16,220 |
Source: BankSearch: number of new business bank accounts opened. All figures rounded to the nearest 10.