Public sector employment in Scotland: statistics for second quarter 2017
Employment statistics snapshot based on administrative records and surveys of individual public sector bodies as of June 2017.
2. Public Sector Employment by Devolved and Reserved Responsibility; Headcount
The devolved public sector covers those bodies which are the responsibility of the Scottish Government or Scottish Parliament while the reserved public sector in Scotland covers those bodies for which the UK Government has ministerial responsibility.
Figure 2: Make-up of the Scottish Public Sector, Q2 2017, Headcount [3]
Source: Public Sector Employment in Scotland, Quarter 2 2017
Changes in the devolved and reserved public sector are explored in more detail in sections 3 and 4 respectively.
Chart 3 below shows how the decrease of 1,190 seen for the overall public sector in Scotland is split between the devolved and reserved public sector. Chart 3 also shows the estimated impact of removing major reclassifications from the series.
Chart 3: Annual Change (from Q2 2016 to Q2 2017) in Public Sector Employment by Devolved and Reserved Responsibility, Headcount
Source: Public Sector Employment in Scotland, Quarter 2 2017
Note: Totals may not equal the sum of individual parts due to rounding
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Email: Tom Pennock, thomas.pennock@gov.scot
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