§ Mr. Phillip Oppenheimasked the Paymaster General what are the latest figures available for the number of self-employed in Derbyshire; and how this compares with 1979.
§ Mr. LangThe latest available information comes from the 1981 Census of Population and is contained in the "County Report for Derbyshire", part 1, ref: CEN 81 CR10, a copy of which is in the Library.
290Wreports that traffic is now picking up again. It is hoped that this will be reflected later this year in the numbers of visitors to Britain. The Government firmly believe that tourism has excellent prospects of long term growth and that the decline in visitors from north America is merely a temporary setback.