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) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England in each of the last 10 years.
The latest ONS data (as of 28 September 2020) shows the overall number of public houses and bars in Coventry North East, Coventry, the West Midlands and in England from 2010 to 2019. Business closures (VAT de-registrations) are not available at this level of industrial and geographical detail.
Number of Public House and Bar Local Units
Date | Coventry North East | Coventry | West Midlands |
| England |
2010 | 45 | 145 | 3,990 |
| 37,775 |
2011 | 45 | 135 | 3,840 |
| 36,455 |
2012 | 40 | 125 | 3,780 |
| 35,900 |
2013 | 40 | 120 | 3,645 |
| 34,670 |
2014 | 35 | 115 | 3,595 |
| 34,255 |
2015 | 35 | 120 | 3,580 |
| 34,215 |
2016 | 35 | 115 | 3,515 |
| 33,585 |
2017 | 30 | 110 | 3,480 |
| 33,045 |
2018 | 35 | 110 | 3,435 |
| 32,960 |
2019 | 35 | 110 | 3,515 |
| 33,305 |
Source: ONS Business Counts