PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Self-employed (12 June 2014)
Question Asked
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people are registered as self-employed in each region and constituent part of the UK.
Asked by:
Sir Stephen Timms (Labour)
Asked by:
Sir Stephen Timms (Labour)
Answer
Estimates of the numbers of individuals with self employment sources for each region of the UK in the year 2011-12 are provided in the table attached.
Region | Number of Self-employed |
North East | 158 |
North West and Merseyside | 497 |
Yorkshire and the Humber | 402 |
East Midlands | 352 |
West Midlands | 418 |
East of England | 556 |
London | 883 |
South East | 844 |
South West | 559 |
Wales | 240 |
Scotland | 368 |
Northern Ireland | 177 |
Address abroad | 34 |
All UK | 5,490 |
These estimates are based on the Survey of Personal Incomes for 2011-12 which is the latest year available.
Answered by:
Mr David Gauke (Independent)
17 June 2014
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