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In Q2 2014

• Total UK public sector employment decreased by 11,000 from Q1 2014 to 5.394 million, which is its lowest level, on a headcount basis, since the start of the series in 1999.
• Employment in UK local government, at 2.360 million, is 10,000 lower than at Q1 2014.
• Employment in UK central government, at 2.847 million, is at the same level as Q1 2014.
• Employment in UK public corporations, at 187,000, is 1,000 lower than at Q1 2014.
• Private sector employment increased by 85,000, to 25.215 million compared with Q1 2014.
• Total UK public sector employment is 282,000 lower, and private sector employment 1.055 million higher, than at the same time last year, though these totals are affected by some major reclassifications.