§ Mr. Leightonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his estimate of the number of tax units where the main source of income is self-employment income in 1984–85; and what were the equivalent figures for each of the previous five years.
§ Mr. MooreThe latest available information is for 1983–84. The number of tax units with main source self-employment income (usually but not invariably the largest source) in that year and comparable information for the previous five years is as follows:
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Year Number of tax units (thousands) 1978–79 1,690 1979–80 1,760 1980–81 1,820 1981–82 1,840 1982–83 1,970 1983–84 2,100