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If the lowest level of economic inactivity to which we could ever hope to get is 15 per cent—which still is a large number, because a lot of people genuinely cannot be economically active—a fall of 0.8 per cent in one year from 22.1 to 21.3 per cent is a very big one.
Table 2: Most inactive registrants are companiesThe table shows the breakdown of inactive registrants by former registrant type.Registrant typeNumber of inactive registrantsCharity, trust or advocacy body26Company75Representative body9Sole trader or paid individual3Organisations may register as a voluntary registrant under section 14 of the Act after becoming an inactive registrants.1legislation.gov.uk. (2016).