§ Mr. Wakehamasked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what percentage of the working population is self-employed 148W in the United Kingdom and in the United States; and what is the equivalent proportion in West Germany, France and Japan.
§ Mr. LeverAccording to provisional statistics for June 1977, the figure in the United Kingdom was 7.2 per cent. The latest figures which it has been possible to obtain for the other countries are as follows
United States of America, 8.7 per cent. (1975); West Germany, 9.4 per cent. (1975); France, 13.1 per cent. (1975) Japan, 17.3 per cent. (1976).The basis of collection and compilation of these figures may differ in the countries concerned.