Summary

Quarterly comparisons on a headcount and full-time equivalent basis, by sector, industry and region. Made up of central and local government and public corporations, such as the NHS and civil service.

Publications

• Public sector employment, UK: March 2018

  The official measure of people employed in the UK public sector, including private sector estimates, based on the difference between total UK employment and public sector employment.

Data

• Public sector employment

  Quarterly estimates of UK and regional public sector employment, made up of central government, local government, and public corporations.

• Public sector employment time series

  Seasonally adjusted and non-seasonally adjusted quarterly time series of UK public sector employment, containing the latest estimates.

Contact details

Changes to this release date

1. Previous date

   12 June 2018 9:30am

   Reason for change

   Following a decision made by the UK Statistics Authority, we are changing the publication dates for the prices and labour market releases. The new release dates and further explanation of the reasons for these changes are available in ‘Changes to ONS release timetable’, which we published on 13 February.

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