Cabinet Office written question – answered at on 4 February 2013.
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Letter from Glen Watson, dated January 2013
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question concerning how many (a) small and (b) medium-sized businesses there were in (i) Pendle and (ii) Lancashire in each of the last five years.
Annual statistics on the number of businesses (enterprises) are available from the ONS release – UK Business: Activity, Size and Location at:
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/bus-register/uk-business/index.html
Data on the number of enterprises broken down by districts, counties and unitary authorities within region and country by employment size band can be found in table B1.2.
The following table contains the count of small and medium sized businesses that were in Pendle and Lancashire county from 2008 to 2012. Small businesses have been defined as those with an employment between 0 and 49 and medium-sized businesses as those with an employment between 50 and 249.
2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | ||||||
Small | Medium | Small | Medium | Small | Medium | Small | Medium | Small | Medium | |
Pendle | 2,565 | 45 | 2,505 | 40 | 2,430 | 45 | 2,375 | 45 | 2,405 | 45 |
Lancashire County | 39,765 | 650 | 39,340 | 615 | 37,770 | 615 | 36,800 | 605 | 36,865 | 630 |
Notes: 1. Figures have been rounded to protect confidentiality. 2. These numbers do not include very small businesses, typically those below the threshold for VAT and PAYE. |
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