HC Deb 24 May 1993 vol 225 c464W
Mr. David Porter

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what are the latest figures for the numbers(a) employed and (b) self-employed; and what the equivalent figures were 12 months previously.

Mr. McLoughlin

The information is as follows:

United Kingdom
(Thousands)
Year 1Employed Self-employed
December 1991 22,614 3,066
December 1992 21,992 2,936
1 Employees in employment, H.M. Forces and participants1 on work-related Government training programmes.