"Figure 3: Public and private breakdown by region","" "2012","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","Employees (thousands)" "","" "","Public sector","Private sector" "North East","257","745" "North West","645","2339" "Yorkshire and The Humber","483","1675" "East Midlands","363","1532" "West Midlands","468","1851" "East of England","445","1976" "London","765","3682" "South East","610","3157" "South West","441","1792" "Wales","331","848" "Scotland","601","1715" "Northern Ireland","212","481"