§ Mr. Kennedyasked the Paymaster General if, further to his answer to the hon. Member for Ross, Cromarty and Skye of 10 March, he will publish in the Official Report all relevant recent analysis from the 1984 labour force survey into the numbers of unemployed people who had previously been self-employed and are thus excluded from the unemployed count; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. LangThe labour force survey showed that in Great Britain in the spring of 1984 there were about 30,000 previously self-employed people without jobs and seeking work who were excluded from the unemployment count. However, there were also some 20,000 previously self-employed claimants included in the count who were not actively looking for work and a further 30,000 claimants who did some paid work in the reference week and said they were self-employed.