HC Deb 22 November 1990 vol 181 c212W
Mr. Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is his estimate of the total of people self-employed in each of the past 10 years.

Mr. Forth

The information is given in the table.

Self-employed persons in the United Kingdom
June Number
1980 2,013,000
1981 2,119,000
1982 2,170,000
1983 2,221,000
1984 2,496,000
1985 2,610,000
1986 2,627,000
1987 2,860,000
1988 2,986,000
1989 3,240,000
1990 3,380,000