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 11: Reserved civil service employment; Scotland, Full-time equivalent
Not Seasonally Adjusted

Reserved Civil Service
Total Reserved Civil Service Ministry of Defence HM Revenue and Customs Department for Work and Pensions Department for International Development Scotland Office Other Civil Service
Q2 2006 33,600 6,800 10,800 12,700 500 50 2,700
Q2 2007 31,600 6,400 10,400 11,600 500 50 2,700
Q2 2008 30,400 5,900 10,000 11,200 500 60 2,700
Q2 2009 31,200 5,800 9,900 10,900 500 70 4,100
Q2 2010 29,900 5,700 8,800 10,900 400 70 4,000
Q2 2011 28,500 5,400 8,900 9,700 500 70 4,000
Q2 2012 26,700 4,500 8,400 9,200 500 70 4,000
Change on year to:
Q2 2012 -1,800 -900 -500 -400 0 0 0
% change on year:
Q2 2012 -6.3% -17.2% -5.5% -4.6% 5.4% 0.0% 0.8%

Notes:
1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred, with the exception of the Scotland Office figures which are rounded to the nearest ten.
2. Staff, previously employed in the Child Support Agency within DWP have transferred to the new Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission (CMEC) from Q4 2008. CMEC is an Non-Departmental Public Body. However, CMEC staff are included in the 'Other Civil Service' category as staff have retained their civil service contracts.
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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