§ Mr. Lawsonasked 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. GoldingFollowing 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