Hotel and Catering Industry

HC Deb 05 July 1988 vol 136 c561W

86. Mr. Michael Brown

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what estimate he has for the increase in the number of self-employed people in the hotel and catering sector in the last four years.

Mr. Lee

It is estimated that between 1983 and 1987 the number of self-employed people in the hotel and catering industry in Great Britain increased by 38,000 or 27 per cent.