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 S1: Youth (16-24) Employment in the devolved public sector, Q1 2013 - Q1 2015, headcount1

Young People2 Total employment3 %Young People in Total Workforce
Q1 2013 Q1 2014 Q1 2015 Change over year Q1 2013 Q1 2014 Q1 2015 Change over year Q1 2013 Q1 2014 Q1 2015 Change over year (% point)
Scottish Government Core Directorates (excluding Agencies) 140 230 240 10 5,100 5,300 5,400 100 2.7% 4.3% 4.4% 0.1%
Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal 90 80 100 10 1,700 1,700 1,700 0 5.5% 5.0% 5.6% 0.6%
Scottish Government Agencies 410 480 540 70 6,800 7,000 7,300 300 6.0% 6.8% 7.4% 0.6%
Non-Ministerial Departments 110 120 140 20 3,000 2,900 3,000 100 3.7% 4.2% 4.7% 0.6%
Other Public Bodies 440 520 530 10 15,200 13,800 14,000 200 2.9% 3.7% 3.8% 0.0%
Police and Fire Services4 - 980 1,100 150 - 28,700 28,400 -300 - 3.4% 4.0% 0.6%
NHS5 6,130 6,650 7,300 650 156,500 158,800 160,700 2,000 3.9% 4.2% 4.5% 0.4%
Local Government 12,170 11,390 11,750 350 278,700 248,000 248,300 300 4.4% 4.6% 4.7% 0.1%
Public Corporations6 300 510 270 -240 6,800 7,400 6,900 -600 4.4% 6.8% 3.9% -2.9%
Total Devolved Public Sector7 20,390 21,570 22,630 1,060 487,800 487,400 489,700 2,300 4.2% 4.4% 4.6% 0.2%
Youth coverage of total Devolved Public Sector (%) 100% 100% 100% - - - - - - - - -

Notes:

1. See http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Labour-Market/PublicSectorEmployment/PSEByAge for information about this collection.

2. Youth employment levels rounded to the nearest 10.

3. Total employment levels rounded to the nearest 100.

4. Police and Fire Reform: From Q2 2013 Police and Fire Services have been reclassified as central government rather than local government. This reclassification has had an impact on the staffing numbers in both these categories. Also, for Q1 2014 staffing levels for the Scottish Police Authority (previously Scottish Police Services Authority) are included within the Police and Fire Services category in the table above (previously included in other public bodies).

5. Information for NHS is taken from previously released data from ISD, published on 2nd June 2015. See http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Workforce/

6. Reduction in young people employed in Public Corporations attributable to young people no longer employed as part of Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.

7. The Total Devolved Public Sector includes an estimate for youth employment within further education colleges, based on existing information.

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