National Statistics Publication - Public Sector Employment in Scotland - Q2 2013

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 74,700 33,800 5,800 14,900 20,200
Q2 2007 71,500 33,900 7,100 12,400 18,100
Q2 2008 71,500 32,600 8,100 12,100 18,700
Q2 2009 114,200 33,600 7,800 12,000 22,200 38,600
Q2 2010 109,100 32,400 7,100 12,200 22,100 35,300
Q2 2011 102,800 31,100 7,200 11,900 20,100 32,500
Q2 2012 95,500 29,400 7,000 11,000 18,400 29,800
Q2 2013 92,600 28,200 6,500 11,100 17,400 29,300
Change on year to:
Q2 2013 -3,000 -1,200 -500 100 -900 -500
% change on year:
Q2 2013 -3.1% -4.0% -7.3% 0.9% -5.2% -1.5%

Notes:

1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred. Percentages are based on unrounded figures.

2. Public sector financial institutions include Northern Rock (classified to the public sector from Q4 2007), Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc, HBOS/Lloyds Banking Group plc (both classified to the public sector from Q4 2008) Lloyds TSB Commercial Banking. Those organisation classified as Public Sector Financial Institutions and SIC 64.

3. Where the change over the year is less than 50 this rounds to '0'.

4. 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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