"Figure 3: UK public sector employment in Civil Service and public corporations, March 1999 to September 2015, seasonally adjusted","" "","" "","" "Notes","1. Dec 2008 - Lloyds Banking Group and Royal Bank of Scotland moved to public sector. 2. Dec 2013 - Royal Mail plc moved to private sector. 3. Mar 2014 - Lloyds Banking Group moved back to private sector." "Unit","Thousands" "","" "","Civil Service","Public corporations" "Q1 1999","502","361" "Q2 1999","504","361" "Q3 1999","507","366" "Q4 1999","510","370" "Q1 2000","513","364" "Q2 2000","516","370" "Q3 2000","519","373" "Q4 2000","522","376" "Q1 2001","523","381" "Q2 2001","522","382" "Q3 2001","522","376" "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","391" "Q3 2003","562","393" "Q4 2003","564","387" "Q1 2004","570","385" "Q2 2004","570","382" "Q3 2004","571","380" "Q4 2004","565","380" "Q1 2005","563","383" "Q2 2005","571","387" "Q3 2005","567","386" "Q4 2005","563","378" "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","589" "Q1 2009","525","578" "Q2 2009","527","570" "Q3 2009","534","560" "Q4 2009","533","549" "Q1 2010","528","546" "Q2 2010","522","544" "Q3 2010","514","540" "Q4 2010","506","527" "Q1 2011","513","524" "Q2 2011","488","511" "Q3 2011","480","502" "Q4 2011","471","491" "Q1 2012","464","486" "Q2 2012","458","479" "Q3 2012","455","474" "Q4 2012","451","470" "Q1 2013","449","463" "Q2 2013","450","457" "Q3 2013","447","444" "Q4 2013","445","274" "Q1 2014","440","186" "Q2 2014","442","185" "Q3 2014","440","184" "Q4 2014","439","176" "Q1 2015","439","182" "Q2 2015","431","179" "Q3 2015","425","181"