Did you know that there is a wealth of UK data on the Government’s Office of National Statistics (ONS) site? Searching by theme is a great way to explore some of the data available. For example, at the end of 2011 there were 5.94 million people working in the public sector and 23.173 million in the private sector, out of a population of over 62 million.

www.ons.gov.uk/ons/browse-by-theme/index.html