Commons Briefing paper by Brigid Francis-Devine. It was first published on Monday, 2 March 2026. It was last updated on Monday, 2 March 2026.
Constituency data: Public sector employment
Employee data is workplace-based, so shows the number of employees working rather than living in each constituency.
A high number and proportion of public sector employees in an area may reflect the presence of a large public sector employer (for example, if the constituency contains a large hospital).
The public sector figures include employees working in central government, local authorities and public corporations but do not include HM Forces.
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Notes
Data at a local level is less reliable because of small sample sizes. This means that small differences between years or between constituencies could be due to survey error.
Data updates
This data is updated in September each year.
Sources
ONS, Business Register and Employment Survey, via Nomis.
Secondary information
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- Research briefing
- Reference
- CBP-10525
- Category
- Data dashboards
- Subjects
- Constituencies Employment Public sector
- Contains statistics
- Yes
- Published by
- Economic Policy and Statistics Section
- House of Commons Library
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