§ Ms Rosie WintertonTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate for each of the last five years how many people were self-employed, broken down by(a) occupation and (b) region. [70432]
§ Ms Hewitt[holding answer 11 February 1999]: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Director of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Tim Holt to Ms Rosie Winterton, dated 15 February 1999:
As Director of the Office for National Statistics (ONS), I have been asked to reply to your recent parliamentary question on the self-employed.
The data requested is set out in the attached tables and relates to Labour Force Survey estimates based on people who reported that they were self-employed in their main job.
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Thousand Spring 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Self-employed people, by occupation UK, not seasonally adjusted All self-employed1 3,301 3,355 3,286 3,335 3,257 Managers and administrators 801 851 768 816 803 Professional occupations 367 393 400 397 420 Associate professional and technical occupations 365 347 375 407 418 Clerical and secretarial occupations 110 106 120 107 107 Craft and related occupations 976 959 934 921 859 Personal and protective services 108 118 123 135 129 Selling 144 126 122 126 128 Plant and machine operatives 222 249 241 239 215 Other occupations 201 200 194 185 180 Self-employed people, by Government Office Region Not seasonally adjusted United Kingdom 3,301 3,355 3,286 3,335 3,257 North East 91 98 87 95 93 North West (GOR) and Merseyside 321 324 339 335 298
Thousand Spring 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 North West (GOR) 276 268 289 290 247 Merseyside 45 55 50 45 51 Yorkshire and the Humber 232 260 258 252 248 East Midlands 222 212 216 211 223 West Midlands 264 280 258 111 263 Eastern 336 350 343 342 331 London 443 443 431 430 464 South East (GOR) 538 531 537 560 520 South West 362 376 353 361 334 England 2,810 2,873 2,820 2,863 2,775 Wales 181 161 160 153 160 Scotland 225 235 225 231 234 Northern Ireland 84 86 81 88 88 1 Includes people who did not state their occupation Source:
Labour Force Survey, Office for National Satistics