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Homeworking - regional analysis

Table 1: Regional analysis: number of workers (both employees and self-employed ) working from home 2006

 

  2006 % working population

2006

North East

8.8

97,816

North West

10.4

261,728

Merseyside

10.5

58,605

Yorkshire & Humberside

10.8

250,358

East Midlands

10.6

217,612

West Midlands

12.1

295,647

Eastern

14.3

383,298

London

12.7

442,214

South East

14.9

611,094

South West

14.3

347,315

Wales

12.1

155,870

Scotland

8.5

204,209

Northern Ireland

11.4

83,801

Total

12.1

3,409,567

Figures courtesy of TUC