§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Paymaster General if he will list for each region the numbers of self-employed, by industrial and occupational category for men and women for the years 1975 to 1985.
§ Mr. LangInformation is not available in the exact form requested.
The regular quarterly self employment series is classified according to region and industry division, for June of certain years. The available information is presented in tables 1 and 2. The series is not classified by occupation or cross-classified by region and industry.
The labour force survey provides information on a different basis, but allows an analysis by occupation. The available information, relating to years in which the survey has been carried out since 1981, is given in table 3.
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Region 1975 1977 1979 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 F 57 57 53 51 66 61 74 81 T 214 204 214 217 221 224 258 267 North M 64 72 61 65 64 64 73 80 F 16 21 16 19 23 27 19 25 T 80 93 77 84 87 91 92 105 Wales M 89 103 98 90 92 94 108 110 F 26 25 26 25 28 32 36 36 T 115 128 124 115 120 126 144 146 Scotland M 135 115 128 122 130 137 145 142 F 23 29 32 27 34 42 40 51 T 158 144 160 149 164 179 185 192 Great Britain M 1,549 1,465 1,499 1,640 1,646 1,652 1,850 1,918 F 384 378 343 417 463 508 586 625 T 1,933 1,843 1,842 2,057 2,109 2,160 2,435 2,543 *Self employed, with and without employees. Estimates relate to June of each year and are consistent with the quarterly national series published in Employment Gazette. Notes:
The letters M, F and T stand for Male, Female and Total.
The figures have been rounded independently and therefore totals may differ from the sum of the components.
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Table 2 Self employed* people—industrial analysis for Great Britain Thousand Division 1975 1977 1979 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 0–9 All industries and services M 1,549 1,465 1,499 1,640 1,646 1,652 1,918 F 384 378 343 417 463 508 586 625 T 1,933 1,843 1,842 2,057 2,109 2,160 2,435 2,543 2–4 Manufacturing industries M 117 122 121 123 123 122 147 158 F 23 20 19 23 26 28 34 48 T 140 142 140 146 148 150 181 205 6–9 Service industries M 858 839 819 914 913 912 1,027 1,081 F 325 317 282 359 401 443 514 538 T 1,183 1,155 1,102 1,273 1,314 1,355 1,541 1,619 0 Agriculture, forestry, fishing M 216 214 218 221 220 218 221 220 F 32 40 40 28 28 28 28 28 T 247 254 257 250 248 246 249 249 3 Metal goods, engineering, vehicles M 36 34 39 42 42 41 47 50 F 3 3 3 3 4 5 2 3 T 39 37 42 46 46 46 49 53 1, 2,4 Other production industries M 81 88 82 81 81 82 101 109 F 20 17 16 20 22 23 32 45 T 101 105 98 101 103 104 133 154 5 Construction M 359 287 339 382 391 399 454 457 F 3 4 5 6 8 10 10 12 T 362 291 343 388 399 409 464 469 6 Distribution, hotels, catering, repairs M 472 467 452 485 475 464 530 527 F 208 211 184 214 225 236 266 262 T 680 678 636 698 700 701 796 790 7 Transport and communication M 75 76 82 94 90 87 111 98 F 3 4 5 6 6 5 7 6 T 78 80 87 99 96 92 118 103 8 Banking, finance, insurance etc M 141 132 129 153 160 168 171 206 F 16 16 16 35 41 46 55 53 T 157 148 145 188 201 214 226 259 9 Other services M 170 164 156 183 188 193 215 250 F 98 86 77 105 130 155 186 217 T 268 249 234 288 317 348 401 467 * Self employed, with and without employees. Estimates relate to June of each year and are consistent with the quarterly national series published in Employment Gazette.
Notes:
The letters M, F and T stand for Male, Female and Total.
The figures have been rounded independently and therefore totals may differ from the sum of the components.
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Table 3 Self employed people*—occupation analysis: Labout Force Survey data for Great Britain Thousand 1981 1983 1984 1985 Occupation order Males Females All persons Males Females All persons Males Females All persons Males Females All persons I Professional and related supporting management and administration 94 17 111 95 12 107 122 19 141 156 31 187 II Professional and related in education, welfare and health 75 45 120 81 56 137 86 62 148 92 67 159 III Literary, artistic, sports 44 23 67 54 27 81 64 36 101 72 34 106 IV Professional and related in science, engineering, technology etc. 63 4 67 65 5 69 70 5 75 75 2 77 V Managerial 581 229 811 547 252 799 581 277 858 553 291 843 VI Clerical and related 9 43 52 12 63 75 14 65 79 10 59 69 VII Selling 89 26 115 80 37 116 95 48 143 105 52 156 VIII Security and protective service 1 — 1 2 † 2 1 † 2 — — — IX Catering, cleaning, hairdressing and other personal service 36 23 59 29 54 83 41 72 113 49 90 139 X Farming, fishing and related 43 9 52 38 9 47 53 12 65 52 11 62 XI Processing, making, repairing and related (excluding metal and electrical) 130 20 150 130 21 151 162 31 193 172 32 204 XII Processing, making, repairing and related (metal and electrical) 175 2 178 194 3 197 221 1 221 224 2 226 XIII Painting, repetitive assembling, product inspecting, packaging 69 2 72 79 6 85 87 4 91 92 5 97 XIV Construction, mining and related nic 217 2 219 245 1 246 260 1 261 261 1 262 XV Transport operating, materials moving and storage 96 4 99 97 4 101 112 6 118 104 3 107 XVI Miscellaneous 2 † 2 3 — 3 6 — 6 6 2 8 All occupations‡ 1,726 451 2,177 1,753 551 2,304 1,980 639 2,619 2,023 683 2,706 * Labour Force Survey estimates (relating to the spring of each year). These are on a different basis from the estimates in Tables 1 and 2. † Less than 500. ‡ Includes inadequately described occupations and occupations not stated.