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Mr. MacCormick
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what proportion of the working population in Scotland, England and the United Kingdom, respectively, is self-employed.
Mr. Alec Jones
According to a 10 per cent. sample from the 1971 Census of Great Britain and comparable figures from the 1971 Census of Northern Ireland the percentages are as follows:
Percentage of self-employed persons in the population in employment aged 15 and over | |
Scotland | 6·4 |
England | 7·8 |
United Kingdom | 7·9 |