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Public Sector Employment Statistics

Public Sector Employment Statistics. David McPhee, ASD, ETLLD. Background Sources of Data Development of PSE statistics Latest Data Future of Publication. Background. Public Sector Employment Measured through the Labour Force Survey (LFS)

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Public Sector Employment Statistics

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  1. Public Sector Employment Statistics David McPhee, ASD, ETLLD

  2. Background • Sources of Data • Development of PSE statistics • Latest Data • Future of Publication

  3. Background • Public Sector Employment Measured through the Labour Force Survey (LFS) • Self classification within LFS leads to overestimation of public sector employment (Approximately 100,000) • Caused mainly by those who work for private firms but in Public Building

  4. Background

  5. Other Sources of Data • Data on employment published for Health, Local Government, Civil Service • Data published on different basis for different time periods • No routine data published for NDPBs and public corporations

  6. Development of PSE Statistics • UK wide development – Lead by request from Prime Minister • Development of more timely and more consistent PSE stats • Scottish Executive producing Scottish version due to high demand

  7. Development of PSE Statistics • Existing statistics for Health and Local Government used (definitions harmonised) • ONS surveys used for NDPBs and Public Corporations • Civil Service Organisations provide direct return

  8. Development of PSE Statistics • National Accounts definition used • Excludes GPs and GDPs as considered self employed • Excludes FE and HE as these are non profit organisations serving households

  9. Development of PSE Statistics • First data published on 15th July 2005 • 572,200 public sector employees – 23.4% of total employment • First data released as experimental data • No historic time trend

  10. Latest Data • Historic time trend developed using modelled data for unknown quarters • Consistent with ONS’s modelling of PSE data • Full Series from Q1 1999 – Q3 2005 published on Friday 13th Jan 2006

  11. Latest Data • 577,300 public sector employees accounting for 23.4% of total employment • Increase of 52,000 since 1999 compared to increase of 103,000 in private sector employment

  12. Latest Data • Since 1999: • Local Government increased by 10% • PCs and NDPBs up by 10% • NHS employment up 16% • Civil Service employment up 6% • Police services up 17% • Fire Services up 2% • Armed Forces down 14%

  13. Latest Data

  14. Press Coverage • “Big Brother getting bigger as one in four work for the state” • “Hordes of social workers swell public sector army” • “Anger as public sector staff grow”

  15. Future of Publication • Possible Gender and FT/PT breakdowns • Health data published quarterly – No Longer projected • Publication of NDPBs and PCs on SE website • Publication of other data of interest alongside publication • Public Sector article looking at other sources

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