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2. Public Sector Employment by Sector; Headcount 1,2,3,4
| Armed Forces 5 | Civil Servants | Public Corporations 6 | NDPBs 7 | NHS8 | Police and Related Services | Fire and Related Services | Total Local Government excluding Police & Fire | Total 6,7,9 |
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Q1 | 1999 | 14,800 | 48,300 | 28,800 | 10,700 | 129,000 | 20,400 | 5,600 | 267,400 | 527,600 |
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Q2 | 1999 | 14,900 | 48,400 | 28,700 | 10,700 | 129,100 | 20,500 | 5,600 | 267,000 | 527,600 |
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Q3 | 1999 | 15,000 | 48,400 | 28,500 | 10,800 | 129,700 | 20,100 | 5,600 | 267,400 | 528,400 |
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Q4 | 1999 | 15,100 | 48,400 | 30,400 | 10,900 | 129,800 | 20,100 | 5,600 | 270,100 | 533,300 |
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Q1 | 2000 | 15,100 | 48,300 | 28,400 | 11,100 | 129,800 | 20,000 | 5,700 | 270,800 | 532,200 |
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Q2 | 2000 | 15,100 | 48,300 | 28,700 | 11,200 | 129,900 | 20,100 | 5,600 | 270,200 | 532,200 |
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Q3 | 2000 | 15,000 | 48,300 | 28,900 | 11,400 | 130,100 | 20,200 | 5,600 | 268,300 | 530,900 |
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Q4 | 2000 | 14,900 | 48,300 | 30,600 | 11,400 | 130,400 | 20,200 | 5,600 | 268,800 | 533,400 |
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Q1 | 2001 | 14,700 | 48,500 | 29,500 r | 11,200 | 130,800 | 20,500 | 5,600 | 269,900 | 533,900 |
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Q2 | 2001 | 14,500 | 48,800 | 30,200 | 11,200 | 131,400 | 20,600 | 5,600 | 269,700 | 535,200 |
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Q3 | 2001 | 14,200 | 49,100 | 29,100 | 11,200 | 132,100 | 20,600 | 5,700 | 270,000 | 535,500 |
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Q4 | 2001 | 13,900 | 49,400 | 30,600 | 11,200 | 133,100 | 20,700 | 5,600 | 273,300 | 541,200 |
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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 | 49,800 | 29,100 | 10,400 | 135,500 | 21,000 | 5,500 | 274,700 | 543,100 |
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Q3 | 2002 | 13,400 | 49,900 | 28,400 | 10,800 | 136,800 | 21,100 | 5,500 | 274,900 | 544,500 |
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Q4 | 2002 | 13,500 | 50,000 | 29,700 | 11,100 | 138,100 | 21,200 | 5,600 | 277,500 | 550,400 |
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Q1 | 2003 | 13,600 | 50,200 | 28,500 | 11,200 | 139,400 | 22,100 | 5,500 | 278,200 | 552,400 |
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Q2 | 2003 | 13,800 | 50,700 | 28,400 | 11,700 | 140,600 | 21,700 | 5,600 | 280,300 | 556,500 |
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Q3 | 2003 | 14,000 | 51,200 | 28,300 | 12,000 | 141,700 | 21,700 | 5,600 | 279,400 | 557,800 |
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Q4 | 2003 | 14,100 | 51,800 | 28,900 | 12,200 | 142,600 | 21,900 | 5,700 | 283,000 | 564,100 |
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Q1 | 2004 | 14,100 | 52,400 | 27,300 | 12,200 | 143,400 | 22,400 | 5,700 | 285,600 | 566,900 |
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Q2 | 2004 | 14,200 | 51,900 r | 28,300 r | 12,800 | 143,800 | 22,700 | 5,600 | 287,000 | 570,100 |
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Q3 | 2004 | 14,100 | 51,900 r | 29,300 r | 13,300 | 144,100 | 22,700 | 5,700 | 286,800 | 571,600 |
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Q4 | 2004 | 13,900 | 51,400 r | 30,300 r | 13,800 | 145,400 | 23,000 | 5,600 | 289,000 | 576,000 |
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Q1 | 2005 | 13,300 | 51,400 r | 29,600 | 14,000 | 146,300 | 23,300 | 5,700 | 289,000 | 576,300 |
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Q2 | 2005 | 13,200 | 51,500 | 29,200 | 14,500 | 147,300 | 23,400 r | 5,700 | 291,900 | 580,500 |
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Q3 | 2005 | 12,900 | 51,900 | 29,400 | 14,400 | 148,000 | 23,700 | 5,700 | 291,700 | 581,300 |
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Q4 | 2005 | 13,100 | 51,800 | 29,800 | 14,200 | 149,000 | 24,200 r | 5,700 | 292,800 r | 584,400 |
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Q1 | 2006 | 13,500 | 51,800 | 28,800 | 14,300 | 150,000 | 24,200 | 5,800 | 294,400 | 586,400 |
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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 2005 refer to April 2005, Q2 2005 data refer to July 2005, Q3 2005 data refer to October 2005 and Q4 2005 data refer to January 2006.
6. The BBC has been reclassified from a Pubic 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. More information can be found in background note 12.
7. Estimates have been revised for every quarter due to improved coverage of organisations and classification changes. More information can be found in background note 6.
8. 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 7.
9. Data for Scottish Parliament, Scottish Business Ombudsman, Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Forestry Commission, Electoral Commission and BBC are included in the total public sector but are not included in any individual sector breakdown.
r. Figures have been revised since previous publication. For more information see background note 17.
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