HC Deb 16 December 1974 vol 883 cc323-4W
Mr. George

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the numbers of self-employed for each year since 1945.

Mr. John Fraser

The number of employers and self-employed persons in Great Britain in June of each year from 1950 is shown in the following table.

he will express these totals as a percentage of all disabled workers.

Mr. Harold Walker

The following table gives information, in a form as close to that requested as available statistics permit, about the duration of unemployment amongst registered disabled people in Great Britain since 1960. Precisely comparable figures for earlier years are not available:

Reliable estimates are not available for the years 1945 to 1949:

Year Employers and Self-employed (thousands)
1950 1,694
1951 1,694
1952 1,692
1953 1,690
1954 1,687
1955 1,685
1956 1,683
1957 1,681
1958 1,679
1959 1,677
1960 1,675
1961 1,672
1962 1,660
1963 1,647
1964 1,635
1965 1,623
1966 1,614
1967 1,703
1968 1,723
1969 1,806
1970 1,825
1971 1,843
1972 1,872
1973 1,916

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