§ Lord Glentoranasked Her Majesty's Government: What percentage of the working population in Northern Ireland are government employees. [HL183]
§ The Lord President of the Council (Baroness Amos)Information from theQuarterly Employment Survey (QES) can be used to estimate the number of government employee jobs. The latest figures relate to June 2003 and indicate that 120,401 out of a total of 667,610 employee jobs (18.0 per cent) were in Northern Ireland central government departments or in bodies under the aegis of Northern Ireland central government departments.
UK central government, local government councils and public corporations account for a further 91,259 jobs. The total number of public sector jobs in 78WA Northern Ireland in June 2003 was therefore 211,660 which represents 31.7 per cent of all employee jobs.