Public sector employment in Scotland: statistics for second quarter 2016

A view of public sector employment up to June 2016.


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 2 Public Sector Financial Institutions 2 Public Corporations & Public Sector Financial Institutions 2,3 Estimated Total Reserved Public Sector excluding major reclassifications
Q2 1999 74,700 33,800 5,800 14,900 20,200 - 20,200 56,300
Q2 2010 114,400 32,400 10,000 12,200 22,200 37,600 59,800 56,100
Q2 2011 105,700 31,100 10,200 11,900 20,000 32,500 52,500 53,000
Q2 2012 98,300 29,300 9,900 11,000 18,300 29,700 48,100 49,600
Q2 2013 98,900 28,300 9,400 11,100 17,300 32,900 50,100 48,000
Q2 2014 59,300 26,100 9,500 10,400 * * 13,300 45,300
Q2 2015 57,300 26,200 9,700 9,400 * * 12,000 43,500
Q2 2016 58,400 25,700 9,700 10,200 * * 12,700 43,900
Change on year to:
Q2 2016 1,090 -510 30 820 n/a n/a 750 370
% change on year:
Q2 2016 1.9% -2.0% 0.3% 8.7% n/a n/a 6.3% 0.9%

Notes:

1. 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.

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.

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

Contact

Email: Claire Gordon, Claire.Gordon@gov.scot

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