Cabinet Office written question – answered at on 13 July 2010.
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated July 2010:
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking what the most recent estimate is of the number of people registered as self-employed and working in the construction industry. (6605)
For the three-month period January-March 2010 it is estimated that 850,000 self-employed people were working in the construction industry. The estimate of registered self-employed people is not available.
These estimates are derived from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) and are not seasonally adjusted. The LFS is a survey of residents in private households and therefore excludes people living in communal establishments such as hostels and residential homes.
As with any sample survey, the estimates provided are subject to a margin of uncertainty.
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