Private sector employment indicator
This collection brings together all documents relating to the private sector employment indicator (PSEI).
Following a user consultation, we’ve decided to stop publishing PSEI data. This is because:
- analysis of the responses to the consultation suggested the publication was used by a small number of people and the regional statistics were not being used at all
- the indicator is available from labour market statistics which are published by ONS
The impact the publication has does not justify the resources needed to produce the publication.
The PSEI shows whether, over time, dependency on the private sector for employment is increasing and how this rebalancing varies by region. Data for the indicator was published quarterly.
The indicator is defined as a share of private sector employment of population aged 16 to 64 plus those who are aged over 64 in the labour market.
Data was published for England and each English region. However, to minimise the distortions due to high levels of commuting, changes in the indicator were monitored for 2 regional groups in England:
- London, south-east and east
- rest of England
Full details of the methodologies used to compile the publication can be found in the user guide.
Background
As part of the department’s business plan to support the government’s agenda to rebalance the economy across sectors and regions, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) developed this indicator to monitor private sector employment growth in England.
Release dates
Data from the indicator was published on a quarterly basis.
Releases
Methodology
Last updated 8 December 2015 + show all updates
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Added a notice to explain why we will no longer publish private sector employment indicator (PSEI) data.
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Private sector employment indicator: May 2015 to July 2015 added
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Added note about BIS review of the need for this publication, and added a link to a survey for regular users.
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Added latest document and new contact details.
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We have added 'Private sector employment indicator: November 2014 to January 2015'.
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The January to September 2014 estimates will now be published on 4 February 2015.
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Publication of February to April 2014 PSEI will not be published due to a lack of sufficiently robust data.
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Private sector employment indicator (PSEI) for January to March 2014 has been postponed until autumn 2014
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Private sector employment indicator, quarter 4 2013 (November 2013 to January 2014) added
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Private sector employment indicator August to October 2013 added
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Updated with: Private sector employment indicator publication for quarter 2 (May to July) 2013
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First published.