2. Public Sector Employment by Sector; Headcount 1,2,3,4
| Armed Forces 5 | Civil Servants | Public Corporations 6 | NDPB's | NHS7 | Police and Related Services | Fire and Related Services | Total Local Government excluding Police & Fire | Total |
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Q1 | 1999 | 14,800 | 48,100 | 28,800 | 10,700 | 129,000 | 20,400 | 5,600 | 267,400 | 527,300 |
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Q2 | 1999 | 14,900 | 48,200 | 28,700 | 10,700 | 129,100 | 20,500 | 5,600 | 267,000 | 527,400 |
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Q3 | 1999 | 15,000 | 48,200 | 28,500 | 10,800 | 129,700 | 20,100 | 5,600 | 267,400 | 528,200 |
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Q4 | 1999 | 15,100 | 48,100 | 30,400 | 10,900 | 129,800 | 20,100 | 5,600 | 270,100 | 532,900 |
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Q1 | 2000 | 15,100 | 47,800 | 28,400 | 11,100 | 129,800 | 20,000 | 5,700 | 270,800 | 531,700 |
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Q2 | 2000 | 15,100 | 47,800 | 28,700 | 11,200 | 129,900 | 20,100 | 5,600 | 270,200 | 531,700 |
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Q3 | 2000 | 15,000 | 47,900 | 28,900 | 11,400 | 130,100 | 20,200 | 5,600 | 268,300 | 530,500 |
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Q4 | 2000 | 14,900 | 47,900 | 30,600 | 11,400 | 130,400 | 20,200 | 5,600 | 268,800 | 533,000 |
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Q1 | 2001 | 14,700 | 47,800 | 29,500 | 11,200 | 130,800 | 20,500 | 5,600 | 269,900 | 533,200 |
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Q2 | 2001 | 14,500 | 48,200 | 30,200 | 11,200 | 131,400 | 20,600 | 5,600 | 269,700 | 534,600 |
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Q3 | 2001 | 14,200 | 48,200 | 29,100 | 11,200 | 132,100 | 20,600 | 5,700 | 270,000 | 534,600 |
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Q4 | 2001 | 13,900 | 49,300 | 30,600 | 11,200 | 133,100 | 20,700 | 5,600 | 273,300 | 541,100 |
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Q1 | 2002 | 13,600 | 49,700 | 29,200 | 10,000 | 134,200 | 20,900 | 5,500 | 274,500 | 541,300 |
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Q2 | 2002 | 13,500 | 50,800 | 29,100 | 10,400 | 135,500 | 21,000 | 5,500 | 274,700 | 544,100 |
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Q3 | 2002 | 13,400 | 50,300 | 28,400 | 10,800 | 136,800 | 21,100 | 5,500 | 275,000 | 545,100 |
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Q4 | 2002 | 13,500 | 49,300 | 29,700 | 11,100 | 138,100 | 21,200 | 5,600 | 277,600 | 549,800 |
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Q1 | 2003 | 13,600 | 49,700 | 28,500 | 11,200 | 139,400 | 22,100 | 5,500 | 278,300 | 552,100 |
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Q2 | 2003 | 13,800 | 51,000 | 28,400 | 11,700 | 140,600 | 21,700 | 5,600 | 280,500 | 557,100 |
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Q3 | 2003 | 14,000 | 50,700 | 28,300 | 12,000 | 141,700 | 21,700 | 5,600 | 279,600 | 557,500 |
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Q4 | 2003 | 14,100 | 51,400 | 28,900 | 12,200 | 142,600 | 21,900 | 5,700 | 283,200 | 563,800 |
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Q1 | 2004 | 14,100 | 52,100 | 27,300 | 12,200 | 143,400 | 22,400 | 5,700 | 285,800 | 566,800 |
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Q2 | 2004 | 14,200 | 52,000 | 28,300 | 12,800 | 143,800 | 22,700 | 5,600 | 287,200 | 570,400 |
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Q3 | 2004 | 14,100 | 52,200 | 29,300 | 13,300 | 144,100 | 22,700 | 5,700 | 287,000 | 572,100 |
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Q4 | 2004 | 13,900 | 51,900 | 30,300 | 13,800 | 145,200 | 23,000 | 5,600 | 289,100 | 576,600 |
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Q1 | 2005 | 13,300 | 51,500 | 29,600 | 14,000 | 146,100 | 23,300 | 5,700 | 289,200 | 576,400 |
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Q2 | 2005 | 13,200 | 51,700 | 29,200 | 14,500 | 146,900 | 23,400 | 5,700 | 292,100 | 580,600 |
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Q3 | 2005 | 12,900 | 52,100 | 29,400 | 14,400 | 148,000 | 23,700 | 5,700 | 291,700 | 581,600 |
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Q4 | 2005 | 13,100 | 52,000 | 29,800 | 14,300 | 148,800 | 24,100 | 5,700 | 293,000 | 584,500 |
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Q1 | 2006 | 13,500 | 52,100 | 27,600 | 14,300 | 149,700 | 24,200 | 5,800 | 294,800 | 585,500 |
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Q2 | 2006 | 12,900 r | 52,500 | 27,200 | 14,600 | 150,500 | 24,400 | 5,800 | 293,200 | 584,600 r |
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Q3 | 2006 | 12,800 r | 52,200 | 25,600 | 14,300 | 152,300 | 24,200 | 5,800 | 290,600 | 581,100 r |
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Q4 | 2006 | 12,800 r | 51,800 | 26,900 | 14,300 | 152,200 | 24,600 | 5,800 | 290,000 | 581,900 r |
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Q1 | 2007 | 12,600 r | 50,600 | 25,400 | 14,300 | 153,100 | 24,600 | 5,800 | 290,000 | 579,700 r |
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Q2 | 2007 | 12,400 r | 50,200 | 23,700 | 15,800 | 153,900 | 24,100 | 5,800 | 287,900 | 577,300 r |
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Q3 | 2007 | 12,200 r | 49,600 | 23,700 | 16,000 | 155,700 | 23,600 | 5,700 | 285,600 | 575,500 r |
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Q4 | 2007 | 12,200 r | 49,400 r | 25,700 | 15,800 r | 156,000 | 23,600 | 5,800 | 286,200 r | 578,100 r |
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Q1 | 2008 | 12,200 | 49,100 | 23,700 | 15,600 | 156,900 | 23,600 | 5,800 | 286,200 | 576,500 |
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Sources:
Joint Staffing Watch Survey
Information Services Division, NHS National Services Scotland
Quarterly Public Sector Employees Survey
Inter-Departmental Business Register, Office for National Statistics
Ministry of Defence
HM Revenue and Customs
Department for Work and Pensions
Department for International Development
Civil Service Statistics
Notes:
1. All figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred.
2. Totals may not add to the sum of the parts due to rounding.
3. Data based on National Accounts definition. For more information see background note 4.
4. Where quarterly data are not available the data are estimated from available data. More information can be found in background note 3.
5. Armed Forces data for Q1 2006 refer to April 2006, Q2 2006 data refer to July 2006, Q3 2006 data refer to October 2006 and Q4 2006 data refer to January 2007.
Armed Forces data from Q1 2006 onwards are provisional and subject to review. More information can be found in background note 13.
6. The BBC has been reclassified from a Public Corporation to Central Government. The BBC has been removed from the Public Corporation series for all time points
The BBC has been included in the total public sector estimate but is not included in any individual sector breakdown.
7. NHS quarterly workforce data are estimates based on the time series of actual annual data. Estimated data will be revised in future publications with the actual figures.
For more information see background note 6.
r. Figures have been revised since previous publication. For more information see background note 18.