Asked by: Priti Patel (Conservative - Witham)
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 value added to the UK economy by businesses based in Essex.
Answered by Claire Perry
The Office for National Statistics has published data on the gross value added (GVA) allocated to local authorities in the UK. There are fourteen authorities that map to the county of Essex. The GVA for each in 2015 is contained in the table below. The total amount for all fourteen authorities is £38.1bn.
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Local Authority name | £Million |
Southend-on-Sea | 3,132 |
Thurrock | 3,270 |
Braintree | 3,071 |
Colchester | 3,958 |
Tendring | 2,161 |
Epping Forest | 3,126 |
Harlow | 1,937 |
Uttlesford | 2,404 |
Brentwood | 2,240 |
Chelmsford | 4,342 |
Maldon | 1,212 |
Basildon | 4,481 |
Castle Point | 1,295 |
Rochford | 1,423 |