Karin Smyth – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Karin Smyth on 2015-10-28.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of how many small businesses have been started in (a) Bristol, (b) London and (c) England in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

Anna Soubry

There is no single data source that comprehensively measures all business start-ups within the UK.

However, ONS publishes statistics showing the number of businesses newly registered for VAT or PAYE.

These figures are available from the ONS Business Demography releases.