Public Sector Employment in Scotland - Statistics for 1st Quarter 2015

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). This is a snapshot of employment as at March 2015. 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 6: Devolved civil service employment; Scotland, Headcount

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Devolved Civil Service
Total Devolved Civil Service Scottish Government Core Directorates (excluding Agencies) Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Scottish Government Agencies2 Non-Ministerial Departments
Q1 2009 17,200 5,100 1,800 8,600 1,700
Q1 2010 17,600 5,700 1,900 8,300 1,700
Q1 2011 17,200 5,500 1,800 6,700 3,300
Q1 2012 16,600 5,200 1,700 6,700 3,100
Q1 2013 16,600 5,100 1,700 6,800 3,000
Q1 2014 16,900 5,300 1,700 7,000 2,900
Q1 2015 17,400 5,400 1,700 7,300 3,000
Change on year to:
Q1 2015 500 100 0 300 100
% change on year:
Q1 2015 2.8% 1.7% 0.9% 4.0% 3.3%

Notes:

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

2. From Q4 2011, NHS has responsibility for employing Healthcare staff within prisons. Previously, these people were employed directly by the Scottish Prison Service (SPS). In Q2 2012 1,491 & 1062.1 FTE / headcount staff transferred from Highland Council to NHS Highland.

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.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Labour-Market/PublicSectorEmployment

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