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 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 Corporations Public Sector Financial Institutions
Q2 1999 71,300 32,000 5,400 14,900 18,900
Q2 2007 67,400 31,600 6,600 12,400 16,800
Q2 2008 67,200 30,400 7,500 12,100 17,300
Q2 2009 106,400 31,200 7,400 12,000 20,500 35,300
Q2 2010 101,700 29,900 6,700 12,200 20,400 32,400
Q2 2011 95,500 28,600 6,800 11,900 18,400 29,900
Q2 2012 88,500 26,700 6,700 11,000 16,800 27,300
Q2 2013 85,800 25,600 6,200 11,100 16,000 26,900
Change on year to:
Q2 2013 -2,800 -1,200 -400 100 -900 -400
% change on year:
Q2 2013 -3.1% -4.4% -6.1% 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 and Lloyds Banking Group plc (both classified to the public sector from Q4 2008).

3. Where the change on 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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