Size of the APS
Overall employee numbers increased by 1.7% during 2004–05, following a slight decrease of 0.2% the previous year. The increase indicates a return to the growth trend of the four years prior to 2003–04.
At June 2005, there were 133,596 employees, compared with 131,396 at June 2004. Figure 2.1 shows the change in total employee numbers from 1990 to 2005. The adjusted line takes account of coverage changes in the APS over the period, by showing the number of employees in those functions that remained in the APS at June 2005. Adjusted for coverage changes, the APS is now larger than it was in 1997, but still smaller than in 1996 before the period of structural change and reduction in size.
Figure 2.1: APS employees, 1990 to 2005
Source: APSED
