§ Lord Roberts of Conwyasked Her Majesty's Government:
Further to the answer by Lord McIntosh of Haringey on 15 April (HL Deb, cols. 681–82), whether they will provide a fuller analysis of the figure of 140,000 additional public sector jobs created between 1997 and 2000. [HL3907]
§ Lord McIntosh of HaringeyDetailed information is available in an article on "Jobs in the Public and Private Sectors", published by the Office for National Statistics inEconomic Trends No 571 June 2001, a copy of which has been placed in the Library of the House. The article gives a detailed analysis, including figures that show an increase in total public sector headcount from 4,954 thousand in 1997 to 5,093 thousand in 2000, which is the increase given as 140,000 in my previous answer.