Speeches

Stephen Timms – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2014-06-25.

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.

Mr David Gauke

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
(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