PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT IN SCOTLAND STATISTICS FOR 3rd 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). This is a snapshot of employment as at September 2014. 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 9: Total reserved public sector employment by sector; Scotland, Full-time equivalent
Not Seasonally Adjusted

Total Reserved
Public Sector
Civil Service Public Bodies Armed Forces Public Corporations2 Public Sector
Financial Institutions2
Public Corporations & Public Sector Financial Institutions2,3
Q3 1999 71,200 32,000 5,500 15,000 18,700 - 18,700
Q3 2008 66,500 30,100 7,400 12,000 16,900 - 16,900
Q3 2009 105,100 31,300 7,400 11,900 20,300 34,200 54,500
Q3 2010 96,700 29,000 7,100 12,300 19,100 29,200 48,300
Q3 2011 93,700 28,100 6,700 11,700 17,800 29,600 47,300
Q3 2012 88,000 26,300 6,700 11,700 16,500 26,800 43,300
Q3 2013 88,300 25,200 6,500 11,100 15,900 29,600 45,600
Q3 2014 51,500 23,100 6,500 9,800 * * 12,100
Change on year to:
Q3 2014 -36,800 -2,200 0 -1,300 n/a n/a -33,400
% change on year:
Q3 2014 -41.7% -8.6% 0.4% -11.5% n/a n/a -73.4%

Notes:
1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred. Percentages are based on unrounded figures. "-" denotes blank entries and "*" denotes entries that have been suppressed for disclosure reasons.
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.
4. Where the change on the year is less than 50 this rounds to '0'.
5. 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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