Public sector employment in Scotland: statistics for second quarter 2019
A snapshot of public sector employment as at June 2019.
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Table 4: Total reserved public sector employment by sector; Scotland, Headcount 1,3
Not Seasonally Adjusted
| Total Reserved Public Sector |
Civil Service | Armed Forces | Public Bodies2 | Public Corporations2 | Public Sector Financial Institutions2 |
Other Public Sector2 | Estimated Total Reserved Public Sector excluding major reclassifications | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 1999 | 74,700 | 33,800 | 14,900 | 5,800 | 20,200 | - | 25,900 | 56,300 |
| Q2 2013 | 98,600 | 27,900 | 11,100 | 9,400 | 17,300 | 32,900 | 59,600 | 47,800 |
| Q2 2014 | 59,200 | 25,800 | 10,400 | 9,500 | * | * | 23,000 | 45,100 |
| Q2 2015 | 57,300 | 26,000 | 9,400 | * | * | * | 21,800 | 43,500 |
| Q2 2016 | 58,100 | 25,400 | 10,000 | * | * | * | 22,700 | 43,600 |
| Q2 2017 | 56,700 | 25,600 | 9,800 | * | * | * | 21,400 | 43,300 |
| Q2 2018 | 55,400 | 24,700 | 9,700 | * | * | * | 21,000 | 42,600 |
| Q2 2019 | 58,300 | 24,300 | 9,700 | * | * | * | 24,300 | 42,600 |
| Change on year to: | ||||||||
| Q2 2019 | 2,900 | -390 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 3,290 | -20 |
| % change on year: | ||||||||
| Q2 2019 | 5.2% | -1.6% | 0.0% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 15.7% | -0.1% |
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. Totals may not equal the sum of individual parts due to rounding.
2. Public corporations, public sector financial institutions and public bodies have been combined into ‘other public sector’ to ensure individual organisation employment figures are not disclosed.
3. For futher information on interpreting these series, see the background notes of the publication.
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