§ Mr. Gwynfor Evansasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity what percentage of persons in England, Scotland and Wales, respectively, are classified as self-employed.
ESTIMATED NUMBERS OF EMPLOYEES IN EMPLOYMENT IN WALES AT MID-YEAR (Thousands) 1964 1965 1966(a) 1966(b) 1967 1968 Construction (Order XVII of the 1958 edition of the Standard Industrial Classification) … 78.0 75.7 80.7 78.2 73.2 71.1 Distributive Trades (Order XX) … 105.0 108.5 104.6 102.5 96.6 94.2 Miscellaneous Services (Order XXIII), which include hotels, catering, motor repairers, etc. … 81.2 82.4 84.1 84.0 77.3 81.3 Between June, 1966 and June, 1967 the industrial classifications of many establishments were corrected. The estimates for mid-1966 are shown on both bases, i.e. (a) excluding and (b) including the effects of reclassifications.