PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT IN SCOTLAND STATISTICS FOR 1st QUARTER 2014

The statistics in this release are based on administrative records and surveys of individual public sector bodies carried out by the Scottish Government and the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The publication includes information on public sector employment in Scotland with distinctions made for employment in devolved bodies and reserved bodies (located in Scotland).


Table 5: Total reserved public sector employment by sector; Scotland, Headcount

Not Seasonally Adjusted

  Total Reserved
Public Sector
Civil Service Public Bodies Armed Forces Public Corporations2 Public Sector
Financial Institutions2
Public Corporations & Public Sector Financial Institutions2
Q1 1999 74,400 33,700 5,600 14,800 20,300    
Q1 2008 69,900 32,700 7,100 12,000 18,100    
Q1 2009 118,000 33,100 7,900 12,000 22,300 42,700 65,000
Q1 2010 109,300 33,000 7,000 12,100 22,300 35,000 57,200
Q1 2011 104,400 31,600 7,200 12,100 20,200 33,300 53,500
Q1 2012 98,300 29,800 7,000 11,200 19,100 31,100 50,300
Q1 2013 93,400 28,400 6,600 11,100 17,800 29,400 47,200
Q1 2014 57,800 27,000 6,600 10,600 - - 13,500
Change on year to:              
Q1 2014 -35,600 -1,400 0 -500 n/a n/a -33,700
% change on year:              
Q1 2014 -38.1% -5.0% 0.1% -4.8% n/a n/a -71.3%

Notes:
1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred. Percentages are based on unrounded figures.
2. Due to the recent reclassification of Lloyds Banking Group plc from public sector financial institutions to the private sector, a new category has been created combining public corporations with public sector financial institutions to ensure employment figures are not disclosed. Both categories have been merged to produce a backseries prior to the reclassification to allow for calculation of year on year changes.
3. Employment over the year in public corporations & public sector financial institutions has been largely affected by the reclassification of Lloyds Banking Group plc.
(and subsidiaries), as well as Royal Mail plc. and Direct Line Group plc. 3. Detailed tables showing a full time series of data - all quarters back to Q1 1999 – are available to download from the Public Sector Employment Websection:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Labour-Market/PublicSectorEmployment

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