PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT IN SCOTLAND STATISTICS FOR 1st 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). The publication includes information on public sector employment in Scotland with distinctions made for employment in devolved bodies and reserved bodies (located in Scotland).


2. Public Sector Employment by Devolved and Reserved Responsibility; Headcount (Table 3)

The devolved public sector covers those bodies which are the responsibility of the Scottish Government or Scottish Parliament. Whereas the reserved public sector in Scotland covers those bodies for which the UK Government has ministerial responsibility.

Figure 2: Make-up of the Scottish public sector, Q1 2014, headcount[3],[4],[5]

Figure 2: Make-up of the Scottish public sector, Q1 2014, headcount

Changes in the devolved and reserved public sector are explored in more detail in sections 3 and 4 respectively.

Chart 3 below shows how the decrease of 36,000 seen for the overall public sector in Scotland is split between the devolved and reserved public sector. 98.9% of the reduction in the overall public sector in Scotland was driven by decreases in reserved public sector, as shown in chart 3 below. The majority of the reduction in reserved public sector was the result of the reclassification of Lloyds Banking Group plc. to the private sector, as noted previously, alongside Direct Line Group and Royal Mail plc. from Q4 2013 publication.

Chart 3: Annual change (from Q1 2013 to Q1 2014) in public sector employment by devolved and reserved responsibility, headcount

Chart 3: Annual change (from Q1 2013 to Q1 2014) in public sector employment by devolved and reserved responsibility, headcount

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