List of largest United Kingdom employers - wikipedia List of largest United Kingdom employers This is a list of largest United Kingdom employers. There are four main kinds of employer, public sector bodies public listed companies ( plc ) such as those on the FTSE 100 private companies ( ltd ), partnerships ( often LLP ) or other traders charitable sector organisations Contents 1 Public sector employers 2 Public listed company employers 3 Private company employers 4 See also 5 Notes Public sector employers Partial statistics for public bodies are available from the Office for National Statistics. Employer est. Sector Employees NHS ( England ) 1945 Health 1,400,000 NHS Scotland 1948 Health 160,000 British Army 1660 Military 125,430 Department of Work and Pensions Welfare 111,000 HM Revenue & Customs 2005 Taxation 76,890 NHS Wales 1946 Healthcare 72,000 Ministry of Justice 2007 Law 68,670 Ministry of Defence 1940 Military 65,000 Metropolitan Police Service 1829 Police 50,000 ( approx. ) Royal Air Force 1918 Military 37,200 Network Rail 2002 Transport 34,000 Tata Steel 2017 Steel Industry 26,000 BBC 1927 Media 23,000 Home Office 1782 Security, immigration, etc. 25,850 Scottish Government 1999 Devolved government 17,000 Department for Transport 2002 Transport 17,640 Welsh Government 1999 Devolved government 5,682 Parliament of the United Kingdom 1707 Political representation 1,475 Just under 17 % of UK workers now work in the public sector and this is a seventy year low. Rehana Azam of the GMB said, `` These shocking figures are a stark reminder of the scale of the catastrophe that is befalling our public services. Any sensible opportunities for efficiencies are long gone -- funding reductions are now cutting into sheer bone. '' Public listed company employers Main article : FTSE 100 Statistics are available on an ad hoc basis from public company annual reports. Currently Royal Mail, G4S, Tesco and Compass Group are the largest plc employers. Private company employers Main article : List of largest UK private companies Statistics on staff numbers were compiled in the Sunday Times `` Top Track 100 '' of private companies for 2012. The three largest private employers in that list are John Lewis Partnership, Swire Group and Alliance Boots. See also UK labour law UK company law FTSE 100 and FT 30 List of UK trade unions List of largest employers List of German companies by employees in 1938 List of German companies by employees in 1907 List of private equity firms List of corporate scandals Notes Jump up ^ ONS, Public Sector Employment, Q3 2012 ( 12 December 2012 ) Jump up ^ British Army ( Regular and Army Reserve ) Jump up ^ Includes `` temporary and casual '' employees. Jump up ^ Includes `` temporary and casual '' employees. Jump up ^ Regular and RAuxAF Jump up ^ Public sector employment is at 70 - year low, says GMB report The Observer Jump up ^ nb, calculations differ depending on the company 's subjective perception of who counts as an `` employee ''. See UK labour law. Jump up ^ See Fast Track 100 Archived 2013 - 05 - 11 at the Wayback Machine. ' ( 24 June 2012 ) Sunday Times Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_largest_United_Kingdom_employers&oldid=801095444 '' Categories : Employment in the United Kingdom Lists of organisations based in the United Kingdom United Kingdom - related lists of superlatives Economy of the United Kingdom - related lists Employers Hidden categories : Webarchive template wayback links Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 17 September 2017, at 16 : 54. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

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Answer: NHS