Public Sector Employment in Scotland Statistics for 4th 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).
4. Reserved public sector employment in Scotland; Headcount (Table 5)
This section provides a summary of reserved public sector employment which includes:
- Reserved Civil Service (Section 5 has more detailed breakdowns for the reserved civil service)
- Armed Forces
- Reserved Public Corporations
- Public Sector Financial Institutions (which covers Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc, Lloyds Banking Group plc and Northern Rock plc)
- Other Reserved Public Bodies (which covers Non-Departmental Bodies and other bodies)
The number of people employed in the reserved public sector decreased by 5,700 (5.7%) from 101,000 in Q4 2011 to 95,200 in Q4 2012. Chart 5 shows the make-up of the reserved civil service as at Q4 2012.
Chart 5: Breakdown of reserved public sector employment by sector, Headcount, Q4 2012
Employment levels in all categories of the reserved public sector have decreased over the last year:
- Financial Institutions down by 2,700 (8.7%);
- Civil service decreased down by 1,500 (5.0%);
- Armed forces down by 700 (6.4%);
- Public corporations down by 600 (3.0%); and
- Public bodies down 100 (2.0%).
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