To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses were registered for value added tax in the (a) City of York constituency and (b) York unitary authority area in each year since 2005.

The Office for National Statistics publication “UK Business: Activity, Size and Location” gives the total number of businesses registered for VAT and/or PAYE at parliamentary constituency and local authority level from 2009 onwards. Prior to this, the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform published tables showing the number of businesses registered for VAT.

The estimates for a) City of York/ York Central constituency and b) York unitary authority for each year from 2005 are shown in the tables attached.