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Public Sector Employment

Public Sector Employment infographic

This infographic summarises key employment figures in the UK
Public Sector Employment

Public Sector Employment infographic

This infographic summarises key employment figures in the UK
Pay Distribution podcast

Video Summary: Public and Private Sector Earnings, November 2012

This is a video looking at public and private sector pay differences

Wellbeing interactive

National Well-being wheel of measures

Play with the measures of national well-being and compare data
Healthcare output and inputs have risen strongly over past 15 years
Productivity growth was 0.4% per year on average
The % of people working in the Public Sector the lowest since 1999
Data is for December 2012 and comparable records began in 1999
UK Defence Statistics
DASA produces a range of National Statistics Publications throughout the year
Department for International Development (DFID)
Provide statistics on International Development and Official Development Assistance (ODA)
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Key Publications

Statistical bulletin: Public Sector Finances, April 2013 22-May-2013
The PSF Statistical Bulletin, is published jointly by ONS and HM Treasury on a monthly basis, and provides the latest available measures for key public sector financial statistics such as Public Sector Current Budget (PSCB), Net Borrowing (PSNB), Net Debt (PSND) and PSND as a percentage of GDP. These key indicators are provided on two bases. One set includes the temporary effects of financial interventions made in response to the financial crisis that began in 2007, such as the establishment of public ownership/control of several major banking groups. An alternative set of indicators, the so-called ‘ex-measures’, excludes the temporary effects of financial interventions.
Statistical bulletin: Public Sector Employment, Q1 2013 12-Jun-2013
This bulletin contains detailed estimates of public sector employment, updated with the latest estimates for the first quarter of 2013.

Latest Summaries

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Latest Publications

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  • Pre-release Access List: Public Sector Employment, Q1 2013 (Pdf 33Kb) 12-Jun-2013
    This document provides a list of all those with pre-release access to the Public Sector Employment, Q1 2013 statistical bulletin.
  • Public Sector Employment, Q1 2013 12-Jun-2013
    This bulletin contains detailed estimates of public sector employment, updated with the latest estimates for the first quarter of 2013.
  • Expenditure on healthcare in the UK: 2011 08-May-2013
    This release contains updated estimates for total healthcare expenditure in the UK between 1997 and 2011. Estimates are in current prices.
  • Public Service Productivity Estimates: Total Public Services, 2010 24-Apr-2013
    This release contains updated output, inputs and productivity estimates for public services in the UK between 1997 and 2010. It provides an analysis of key trends, and identifies which public service areas are the key drivers for total productivity.
  • Measuring National Well-being - Children's well-being, 2013 04-Apr-2013
    The article ‘Measuring National Well-being - Children’s Well-being, 2012’ (ONSa) reported children’s views on some aspects of their lives. This was based on data from the first wave of Understanding Society, the UK Household Longitudinal Study (UKHLS).This summary further explores children’s reports of their well-being based on the second wave of the study (UKLS, 2011–12) and provides links to other sources of data about children’s well-being.
  • Public Sector Employment, Q4 2012 20-Mar-2013
    This bulletin contains detailed estimates of public sector employment for the fourth quarter of 2012.
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Key Data

Reference table: Public Sector Finances Supplementary Tables, April 2013 (Excel sheet 2217Kb) 23-May-2013
This document expresses the public sector finances in a matrix form consistent with the latest statistical bulletin. It is possible to generate a matrix table for any quarter, financial year or calendar year back to 1946 by globally editing the formula in the matrix workbook.
Reference table: Public Sector Employment, Q1 2013 (Excel sheet 680Kb) 12-Jun-2013
This set of tables contains the latest public sector employment estimates. For most sources that contribute to these statistics, the employment is reported for a specific day in March 2013. The public sector comprises central government, local government and public corporations as defined for the UK National Accounts. Estimates of public sector employment are provided on a headcount and full-time equivalent basis for sectors and industries, and also by region on a headcount basis only. In addition, Civil Service employment is provided by government department and agency. Employment in Executive Non-Departmental Public Bodies (NDPBs) is provided, aggregated by sponsoring department. Since the inclusion of some financial institutions in the public sector in 2009, estimates for public sector employment and employment in public corporations have been provided with and without these financial institutions. Estimates of private sector employment are provided.
Reference table: Public Sector Classification Guide, February 2013 (Excel sheet 787Kb) 28-Feb-2013
The Public Sector Classification Guide provides a list of bodies classified in the General Government sector, and Public Financial and Public Non-Financial Corporations, within the National Accounts.

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  • EARN01: Average Weekly Earnings (Excel sheet 462Kb) 12-Jun-2013
    Average Weekly Earnings (AWE), seasonally adjusted. This spreadsheet includes the headline estimates of earnings growth based on the Monthly Wages and Salaries Survey.
  • EARN02: Average Weekly Earnings by sector (Excel sheet 435Kb) 12-Jun-2013
    Average weekly earnings by sector (Monthly Wages & Salaries Survey).
  • EMP02: Public and private sector employment (Excel sheet 72Kb) 12-Jun-2013
    Public and private sector employment. This table is usually updated in March, June, September and December.
  • EMP04: Public sector employment including and excluding financial corporations, English further education corporations and sixth form college corporations (Excel sheet 45Kb) 12-Jun-2013
    Public sector employment including and excluding financial corporations, English further education corporations and sixth form college corporations. This table is updated in March, June, September and December.
  • Public Sector Employment, Q1 2013 (Excel sheet 680Kb) 12-Jun-2013
    This set of tables contains the latest public sector employment estimates. For most sources that contribute to these statistics, the employment is reported for a specific day in March 2013. The public sector comprises central government, local government and public corporations as defined for the UK National Accounts. Estimates of public sector employment are provided on a headcount and full-time equivalent basis for sectors and industries, and also by region on a headcount basis only. In addition, Civil Service employment is provided by government department and agency. Employment in Executive Non-Departmental Public Bodies (NDPBs) is provided, aggregated by sponsoring department. Since the inclusion of some financial institutions in the public sector in 2009, estimates for public sector employment and employment in public corporations have been provided with and without these financial institutions. Estimates of private sector employment are provided.
  • Public Sector Employment, Q1 2013 Dataset 12-Jun-2013
    This dataset contains the seasonally adjusted and non-seasonally adjusted time series of UK public sector employment, containing the latest Q1 2013 estimates. Public sector employment has been provided by industry and sector classification.
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