Public Sector Employment in Scotland Statistics for 2nd Quarter 2012

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 Corporations Public Sector
Financial Institutions
Q2 1999 74,300 33,800 5,100 14,900 20,400
Q2 2006 77,000 36,000 6,300 12,900 21,700
Q2 2007 70,700 33,900 6,100 12,400 18,400
Q2 2008 69,700 32,600 6,000 12,100 19,000
Q2 2009 108,900 33,600 5,800 12,000 18,000 39,500
Q2 2010 103,800 32,400 5,100 12,200 17,400 36,700
Q2 2011 97,900 31,100 4,700 11,900 16,300 33,800
Q2 2012 92,600 29,400 4,600 11,000 15,500 32,000
Change on year to:
Q2 2012 -5,300 -1,700 -100 -900 -800 -1,800
% change on year:
Q2 2012 -5.4% -5.5% -3.0% -7.5% -4.7% -5.4%

Notes:
1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred.
2. Public sector financial institutions include Northern Rock (classified to the public sector from Q4 2007), Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc and Lloyds Banking Group plc (both classified to the public sector from Q4 2008).
3. Where the change on the year is less than 50 this rounds to '0'
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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