You asked
With an increasing trend in the numbers of people who are self-employed, I am interested in finding data sets of the numbers of people who are self-employed and;
a) work for a single organisation (within a tax year), broken down by income level;
b) or work for two or more organisations (within a tax year), broken down by income level.
We said
I am writing in response to your freedom of information request asking for information on the number of self-employed people working for a) a single organisation or b) working for two or more organisations broken down by income level.
Unfortunately we are unable to answer your query as we do not hold data on the number of organisations that self-employed people work for. Moreover, we do not collect information on income levels for self-employed people.
The Department for Work and Pensions holds some information on the income levels of the self-employed. Information on the Family Resources Survey can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-resources-survey-financial-year-201415
It might also be worth contacting HMRC to see whether the information that you are requesting might be available from their survey of personal income. For more information on this survey please see:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-incomes-statistics
Or contact HMRC at: