HC Deb 08 May 1986 vol 97 c200W
Mr. Lawler

asked the Paymaster General how many new jobs have been created in Bradford since December 1982 by people becoming self-employed.

Mr. Lang

I regret that the information requested is not available from the Department's statistics.

For areas smaller than regions, the only source of information on the number of persons who are self-employed is the decennial census of population. The 1981 census identified 17,023 such persons resident in Bradford.