Public sector employment in Scotland: statistics for first quarter 2017

Employment snapshot statistics based on administrative records and surveys of individual public sector bodies as at June 2016.


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 2 Public Sector
Financial Institutions 2
Public Corporations & Public Sector Financial Institutions 2,3
Q1 1999 71,200 32,100 5,300 14,800 19,100 - 19,100
Q1 2011 100,300 29,000 9,800 12,100 18,800 30,600 49,400
Q1 2012 93,200 27,100 9,600 11,200 17,600 27,800 45,400
Q1 2013 89,700 25,800 9,300 11,100 16,500 27,000 43,500
Q1 2014 56,400 24,100 9,100 10,600 * * 12,600
Q1 2015 52,800 23,000 9,200 9,500 * * 11,100
Q1 2016 54,600 23,300 9,300 10,300 * * 11,700
Q1 2017 52,800 23,200 9,300 10,100 * * 10,300
Change on year to:
Q1 2017 -1,790 -80 -60 -230 n/a n/a -1,420
% change on year:
Q1 2017 -3.3% -0.3% -0.6% -2.2% n/a n/a -12.1%

Notes:

1. Employment figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred. Change on year rounded to the nearest ten. Percentages are based on unrounded figures. "-" denotes blank entries and "*" denotes entries that have been suppressed for disclosure reasons. Totals may not equal the sum of individual parts due to rounding.

2. Due to the reclassification of Lloyds Banking Group plc from public sector financial institutions to the private sector (Q1 2014), a new category has been created combining public corporations with public sector financial institutions to ensure employment figures are not disclosed. Both categories have been merged to produce a backseries prior to the reclassification to allow for calculation of year on year changes.

3. Employment in public corporations & public sector financial institutions has been largely affected by the reclassification of Lloyds Banking Group plc. (and subsidiaries), as well as Royal Mail plc. and Direct Line Group plc.

Contact

Email: Thomas Pennock

Phone: 0300 244 4000 – Central Enquiry Unit

The Scottish Government
St Andrew's House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG

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