How many people were employed in the (a) public and (b) private sector in each year since 1950, broken down by industry.

The preferred source for public sector employment estimates is the public sector employment statistics series, which is based on the agreed National Accounts definition of the public sector. These estimates are constructed from administrative and survey data from public sector organisations. However, this only provides data on the public sector from 1999. The latest published public sector employment series for Scotland can be found at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/01/12105647/0
Employment data are available for all industries in the public and private sector from the Labour Force Survey (LFS). The LFS is known to overestimate public sector employment due to the fact that individuals classify themselves as public or private sector workers. This means that individuals may classify themselves as public sector workers as they work in public sector buildings but are in fact employed by private sector companies. Agency workers, in particular, are typically employed by private sector firms, though they often provide a service within public sector buildings.
This LFS data for 1994 to 2005 are given in the tables below. Data are not available prior to 1994.
Table 1: Employment1 in the Private Sector, by Industry2, Scotland
Year
| Agriculture
and
Fishing
| Energy
and
Water
| Manufac-
turing
| Construc-
tion
| Distribution,
Hotels and Restaurants
| Transport
and
Communication
| Banking,
Finance
and Insurance etc.
| Public Admin., Education and Health
| Other Services

1994
| 70,000
| 41,000
| 369,000
| 161,000
| 414,000
| 89,000
| 232,000
| 101,000
| 84,000

1995
| 54,000
| 49,000
| 358,000
| 138,000
| 431,000
| 100,000
| 232,000
| 109,000
| 92,000

1996
| 57,000
| 47,000
| 381,000
| 147,000
| 426,000
| 110,000
| 223,000
| 108,000
| 85,000

1997
| 58,000
| 47,000
| 374,000
| 140,000
| 456,000
| 121,000
| 233,000
| 112,000
| 82,000

1998