Self-employed

Greg Mulholland
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many people were recorded as self-employed in (a) rural areas, (b) urban areas and (c) nationally in each year since 1997; and what proportion of the workforce this represented in each case in each year.

Angela E. Smith
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.

A copy of the letter will be placed in the Libraries of the House.