Mr. Wm. Rossasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many self-employed persons in Northern Ireland have become unemployed since 1st January 1975; how many of these were farmers; how many self-employed persons in Northern Ireland are at present receiving family income supplement; and how many of these persons are farmers.
§ Mr. OrmeIt is estimated that at 31st March 1975 family income supplement was being paid to 2,472 self-employed people, of whom 2,106 were farmers. The number of formerly self-employed people who register as unemployed is not known.