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Help text: Estimate of the number employed in private sector employment in local areas.

The estimates are based on the Annual Population Survey (APS) and therefore come with a considerable footnote:

The preferred source of statistics for public sector employment is primarily the Quarterly Public Sector Employment Survey (QPSES), however, figures from this are not available below government office region level. Individuals in the APS are classified to the public or private sector according to their responses to the survey.

Consequently, the classification of an individual's sector may differ from how they would be classified in QPSES statistics. Official estimates of public sector employment compiled from QPSES are generally lower than estimates available from APS. This is partially because many people who work within public sector premises, whilst being employed by private sector organizations, will classify themselves as working in the public sector, e.g. cleaners or security guards employed by a contractor to work at public sector premises.

Results of QPSES are available at: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/StatBase/Product.asp'vlnk=13615.

All persons employed in private sector is found in the following lists

All persons employed in private sector applies to

All persons employed in private sector has subjects

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