- 5.7 million people work in the public sector
- East Midlands: Public Sector Employment, 2012
- London: Public Sector Employment, 2012
- North East: Public Sector Employment, 2012
- North West: Public Sector Employment, 2012
- South East: Public Sector Employment, 2012
- South West: Public Sector Employment, 2012
- Wales: Public Sector Employment, 2012
- West Midlands: Public Sector Employment, 2012
- Yorkshire and the Humber: Public Sector Employment, 2012
Correction
A minor error was discovered in the adjustment applied to regional public and private sector employment estimates to remove the impact of the reclassification of Colleges in England. This affected estimates prior to 2010 Q4 of regional public sector employment excluding Further Education Colleges and Sixth Form College Corporations for total regional public sector employment, public sector employment as a proportion of total employment, General Government employment and public sector employment in Education. The regional private sector employment including colleges was also affected by this error.
ONS has today reissued the affected reference tables and corrected bulletin text commenting on the data.
ONS apologises for any inconvenience caused. For more information please contact pse@ons.gov.uk
An estimated 16.7% of people in employment in the East of England worked in the public sector in September 2012. This is the second lowest proportion of all the regions of the UK.
Total public sector employment in the East of England rose by around 4% between March 2008 and December 2009 to just under 480,000 and then fell by 10% to just over 430,000 in September 2012. Removing the impact of the reclassification of further education and sixth form colleges in England to the private sector in April 2012, public sector employment in the East of England fell by 6% from a peak of just under 460,000.
Local government employment in the East of England fell each year between 2008 and 2012 and was nearly 22% lower in September 2012 than in March 2008. This is the second largest percentage fall in any region of the UK.
Central government employment increased between March 2008 and September 2012 by around 11%. When the impact of the reclassification of English colleges is removed, central government employment increased between 2008 and 2012 by around 22%. The increase in central government employment is due to schools in the East of England becoming academies and thus transferring from local government to central government. This is the largest percentage increase in central government employment in any region of the UK.
