§ Mr. David Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give figures for the total number of self-employed persons for the last five years.
§ Mr. GoldingFollowing is the information available about the numbers of employers and self-employed persons working on their own account—with or without employees—in the United Kingdom at June in each year from 1970 to 1974, the latest date for which these estimates have been compiled.
1970 1,902,000 1971 1,909,000 1972 1,899,000 1973 1,947,000 1974 1,925,000