HC Deb 23 June 1977 vol 933 cc541-2W
Mr. Lawson

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what is his latest estimate of the number of self-employed workers in the United Kingdom; and what are the corresponding figures for each of the previous 25 years.

Mr. Golding

Following are estimates of the number of self-employed persons with or without employees in the United Kingdom at June of each year from 1950 to 1975, the latest date for which such estimates are available.

1950 1,802,000
1951 1,798,000
1952 1,794,000
1953 1,791,000
1954 1,789,000
1955 1,787,000
1956 1,782,000
1957 1,778,000
1958 1,774,000
1959 1,770,000
1960 1,766,000
1961 1,750,000
1962 1,738,000
1963 1,725,000
1964 1,710,000
1965 1,696,000
1966 1,681,000
1967 1,762,000
1968 1,786,000
1969 1,853,000
1970 1,902,000
1971 1,909,000
1972 1,899,000
1973 1,947,000
1974 1,925,000
1975 1,886,000

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