§ Mr. Georgeasked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the numbers of self-employed for each year since 1945.
§ Mr. John FraserThe number of employers and self-employed persons in Great Britain in June of each year from 1950 is shown in the following table.
324Whe will express these totals as a percentage of all disabled workers.
§ Mr. Harold WalkerThe following table gives information, in a form as close to that requested as available statistics permit, about the duration of unemployment amongst registered disabled people in Great Britain since 1960. Precisely comparable figures for earlier years are not available:
Reliable estimates are not available for the years 1945 to 1949:
Year Employers and Self-employed (thousands) 1950 1,694 1951 1,694 1952 1,692 1953 1,690 1954 1,687 1955 1,685 1956 1,683 1957 1,681 1958 1,679 1959 1,677 1960 1,675 1961 1,672 1962 1,660 1963 1,647 1964 1,635 1965 1,623 1966 1,614 1967 1,703 1968 1,723 1969 1,806 1970 1,825 1971 1,843 1972 1,872 1973 1,916