Public sector employment in Scotland: statistics for fourth quarter 2019

Statistics 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 December 2019.

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4. Reserved Public Sector Employment in Scotland; Headcount (see Table 4)

The number of people employed in the reserved public sector in December 2019 was 56,300, 1,440 (2.6%) higher than in December 2018.

The reserved public sector employment includes:

  • Reserved Civil Service (see section 5);
  • Armed Forces;
  • Other Public Sector (which covers Public Sector Financial Institutions, Non-Departmental Bodies and Other Bodies).

Chart 5 shows the size of each group in the reserved public sector as at December 2019.

Chart 5: Breakdown of Reserved Public Sector Employment by Sector as at December 2019, Headcount
Chart 5: Breakdown of Reserved Public Sector Employment by Sector as at December 2019, Headcount

Source: Public Sector Employment in Scotland, Quarter 4 2019

Note: Totals may not equal the sum of the individual parts due to rounding.

The increase in the overall headcount in the reserved public sector was due to:

  • Employment levels for Other Public Sector[5] increasing by 1,990 (9.8%) from 20,300 in December 2018 to 22,300 in December 2019;

while:

  • Employment levels for the Reserved Civil Service fell by 550
    (2.2%) to 24,300;
  • Employment levels for the Armed Forces were unchanged at 9,700.
Figure 4: Percentage Change (from December 2018 to December 2019) in the Reserved Public Sector, Headcount
Figure 4: Percentage Change (from December 2018 to December 2019) in the Reserved Public Sector, Headcount

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