The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated 16 March 2010:
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question concerning how many full-time equivalent civil servants have been employed in (a) City of York and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber in each year since 1997. (321692).
In order to provide the information requested for York, ad hoc analysis has been required. This analysis is based on the Mandate collection (1997-2006) which provides approximately 90 per cent coverage of Civil Service departments and agencies and the Annual Civil Service Employment Survey (2007-2009) which provides 100 per cent coverage. For years prior to 2003 coverage is lower.
The data provided for Yorkshire and the Humber is based on the Mandate collection alongside departmental returns (1997-2005) and the Annual Civil Service Employment Survey (2007-2009) both of which provide 100 per cent coverage of Civil Service departments and agencies. Data for 2006 is based on the Mandate collection only and provides approximately 90 per cent coverage.
The requested data for York and Yorkshire and the Humber are attached at Annex A.
Full-time equivalent 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 York2 1,560 1,460 1,490 1,630 1,760 2140 2420 2,760 2850 2,750 2,850 2,860 2,970 Yorkshire and the Humber3 32,270 32,010 32,030 33,060 33,890 35,050 35,570 39,140 38,670 34,500 36,330 36,370 36,580 1 Numbers are rounded to the nearest 10, and numbers less than five are represented by” —“. 2 1997-2006 Mandate only—incomplete coverage of civil service departments. 2007-09 Annual Civil Service Employment survey. 3 1997-2005 Mandate and departmental returns. 2006 Mandate only—incomplete coverage of civil service departments. 2007-09 Annual Civil Service Employment Survey. Source: Mandate collection (1997-2006) Annual Civil Service Employment Survey (2007-09)