§ Mr. Penhaligonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if she will list in the Official Report the 50 parliamentary constituencies which, according to the 1971 Census, had the highest percentage of self-employed persons; and if she will give the figure for each of these constituencies, together with any more recently available figures.
§ Mr. Alec Jones:According to a 10 per cent. sample from the 1971 Census 392W the percentage of self-employed persons in the total employed population in the 50 parliamentary constituencies with the highest percentage of self-employed persons were as follows:
Parliamentary Constituency Percentage of self-employed persons in the population in employment aged 15 and over Cardigan … 30.1 Montgomery … 27.3 Carmarthen … 25.9 North Cornwall … 25.7 West Devon … 25.7 Orkney and Zetland … 24.5 Western Isles … 24.5 St.Ives … 22.0 Merioneth … 21.7 Penrith and the Border … 21.0 North Devon Caernarvon … 20.0 Denbigh … 20.5 Pembroke … 20.4 Bodmin … 20.0 Tiverton … 19.9 Brecon and Radnor … 19.4 Honiton … 19.4 Horncastle … 18.8 Ludlow … 18.8 Totnes … 18.6 Westmorland … 18.2 Torbay … 18.1 Banff … 17.5 Leominster … 17.5 Rye … 17.5 Anglesey … 16.7 Galloway … 16.5 Truro … 16.5 Argyll … 16.3 Skipton … 16.3 Kinross and West Perthshire … 16.2 Blackpool, South … 16.1 Morecambe and Lonsdale … 15.9 Howden … 15.7 Caithness and Sutherland … 15.5 Richmond (Yorkshire) … 15.3 Bournemouth … 15.2 West Dorset … 15.2 East Aberdeenshire … 15.1 Wells … 15.0 North Dorset … 15.0 Oswestry … 15.0 Falmouth and Camborne … 14.8 Bournemouth, East … 14.6 Bridlington … 14.6 Isle of Ely … 14.6 Blackpool, North … 14.5 West Derbyshire … 14.5 Holland with Boston … 14.4