"Figure 3: UK public sector employment in Civil Service and public corporations, Q1 1999 to Q1 2015, seasonally adjusted","" "United Kingdom","" "","" "Notes","1. Home Civil Service (excludes Northern Ireland Civil Service which is included in central government)." "Unit","Thousands" "","" "Period","Civil Service","Public corporations" "Q1 1999","502","360" "Q2 1999","504","361" "Q3 1999","507","366" "Q4 1999","510","371" "Q1 2000","513","363" "Q2 2000","516","369" "Q3 2000","519","373" "Q4 2000","522","377" "Q1 2001","523","381" "Q2 2001","522","382" "Q3 2001","522","375" "Q4 2001","527","376" "Q1 2002","533","379" "Q2 2002","538","380" "Q3 2002","543","382" "Q4 2002","550","394" "Q1 2003","557","405" "Q2 2003","560","390" "Q3 2003","562","394" "Q4 2003","564","388" "Q1 2004","570","385" "Q2 2004","570","381" "Q3 2004","571","381" "Q4 2004","565","380" "Q1 2005","563","383" "Q2 2005","571","386" "Q3 2005","567","387" "Q4 2005","563","379" "Q1 2006","560","372" "Q2 2006","558","365" "Q3 2006","554","365" "Q4 2006","549","363" "Q1 2007","543","361" "Q2 2007","539","359" "Q3 2007","533","359" "Q4 2007","530","378" "Q1 2008","523","364" "Q2 2008","523","364" "Q3 2008","522","363" "Q4 2008","523","590" "Q1 2009","525","577" "Q2 2009","527","570" "Q3 2009","534","559" "Q4 2009","533","551" "Q1 2010","528","545" "Q2 2010","522","544" "Q3 2010","514","539" "Q4 2010","506","529" "Q1 2011","513","524" "Q2 2011","488","510" "Q3 2011","480","501" "Q4 2011","471","494" "Q1 2012","464","486" "Q2 2012","458","478" "Q3 2012","455","472" "Q4 2012","451","474" "Q1 2013","449","462" "Q2 2013","450","457" "Q3 2013","447","443" "Q4 2013","445","276" "Q1 2014","440","185" "Q2 2014","442","184" "Q3 2014","440","183" "Q4 2014","439","177" "Q1 2015","440","180"