Public Sector Employment in Scotland - Statistics for 1st Quarter 2015

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). This is a snapshot of employment as at March 2015. 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 3: Public sector employment by devolved and reserved sector; Scotland, Headcount and Full-time equivalent

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Headcount Full-time equivalent
Total Public Sector Devolved Public Sector2 Reserved Public Sector3 Total Public Sector Devolved Public Sector2 Reserved Public Sector3
Q1 1999 545,500 471,100 74,400 455,300 384,100 71,200
Q1 2009r 646,900 528,700 118,200 551,500 441,500 110,000
Q1 2010r 635,700 521,100 114,600 543,500 436,800 106,700
Q1 2011r 613,600 506,200 107,400 524,900 424,600 100,300
Q1 2012r 591,600 491,200 100,400 506,200 413,000 93,200
Q1 2013r 584,200 487,800 96,400 502,200 412,500 89,700
Q1 2014 547,800 487,400 60,400 468,700 412,300 56,400
Q1 2015 546,800 489,700 57,100 466,800 413,400 53,300
Change on year to:
Q1 2015 -1,000 2,300 -3,300 -1,900 1,100 -3,000
% change on year:
Q1 2015 -0.2% 0.5% -5.5% -0.4% 0.3% -5.4%

r - Revision due to methodological improvements

Notes:

1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred. Percentages are based on unrounded figures.

2. Devolved Public Sector consists of the following staff groups: Civil Service, Other Public Bodies, NHS, Further Education Colleges, Local Government and Public Corporations (as shown in Table 4).

3. Reserved Public Sector consists of the following staff groups: Civil Service, Public Bodies, Armed Forces, Public Corporations, Public Sector Financial Institutions (as shown in Table 5).

4. 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.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Labour-Market/PublicSectorEmployment

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