§ 72. Mr. Lawlerasked the Paymaster General what are the latest percentages of self-employed persons for the areas of East Anglia, the south-west, the north, the northwest, and Yorkshire and Humberside, respectively.
§ Mr. LangThe following table gives, for each region specified, the numbers of self-employed persons expressed as a percentage of the civilian employed labour force (the sum of employees in employment and the self-employed) in that region at June 1985, the latest date for which regional estimates of the self-employed are available:
Percentage East Anglia 13.7 South West 14.0 North 9.2 North West 10.1 Yorkshire and Humberside 11.2