PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Self-employed (25 June 2014)

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2014, Official Report, columns 600-601W, on the self-employed, what proportion of the working age population in each region are classed as individuals with self-employment sources.

Asked by:
Sir Stephen Timms (Labour)

As provided in my answer on 17^th June 2014, 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 below.

Region	Number of Self-employed (thousands)
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.

Estimates of the UK population by country, region and age are published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Information at country level is published at the following address:

http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-318453

Information for each region within England is published at the following address:

http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-335242

Answered by:
Mr David Gauke (Independent)
1 July 2014