New Businesses: Hackney

Ms Diane Abbott MP

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many new businesses were started in Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency in each of the last five years.

Answered on 21 November by Mr Matthew Hancock MP

The estimated number of business start-ups (rounded) in the Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency, according to BankSearch data, for the years 2008 to 2013 are shown in the table below.

Year	Total estimated number of business start-ups in Hackney North and Stoke Newington
2008	1090
2009	1190
2010	1410
2011	1590
2012	1570
2013	1450

Source: BankSearch, based on the number of new business bank accounts opened.

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