How many people have been employed in the private sector in each of the last five years

Answered Asked by Murdo Fraser Con Lodged 24 Mar 2006

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been employed in the private sector in each of the last five years

The answer

Answered by Tom McCabe on 19 Apr 2006 · 26 days after it was lodged, on time

Public and Private sector employmentin Scotland is officially published through the Scottish QuarterlyPublic Sector Employment (SQPSE) series. Estimates of private sectoremployment published in this series are calculated as total employment minus publicsector employment. Public sector employment is calculated using administrative andsurvey data direct from public sector organisations. Public sector employment isdefined using the National Accounts definition. The following table contains estimatesof private sector employment in the last five years taken from the SQPSEseries.
Private sector employment inScotland, 2001–05

| Private Sector Employment1

Q4 2001
| 1,801,400

Q4 2002
| 1,846,300

Q4 2003
| 1,843,800

Q4 2004
| 1,876,900

Q4 2005
| 1,880,700

Source: Quarterly Public SectorEmployment in Scotland Q4 2005.
Note: 1. Figures are roundedto the nearest hundred.

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