Public Sector Employment, Q1 2015

17 Jun 2015 02:01 PM

In Q1 2015

• Total UK public sector employment decreased by 22,000 from Q4 2014 to 5.372 million, which is its lowest level, on a headcount basis, since the start of the series in 1999. On the same period a year ago, public sector employment fell by 59,000.
• Employment in UK local government, at 2.283 million, was 23,000 lower than at Q4 2014. This is the lowest level shown since the beginning of the series in 1999.
• Employment in UK central government, at 2.909 million, was 2,000 lower than at Q4 2014.
• Employment in UK public corporations, at 180,000, was 3,000 higher than at Q4 2014 and is 282,000 lower than the figure from two years ago, following the reclassifications of Royal Mail plc and Lloyds Banking Group into the private sector.
• Private sector employment increased by 136,000, to 25.681 million, compared with Q4 2014 and was 483,000 higher than at Q1 2014. Private sector employment has risen in every quarter from Q4 2011. This is the highest recorded level in the series.

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