Self-employed
(asked on 25th June 2014) - View Source
Question to the HM Treasury:
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.
As provided in my answer on 17th 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 |
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