Public sector employment in Scotland: statistics for fourth quarter 2016

Statistics based on administrative records and surveys of individual public sector bodies.


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
Q4 1999 73,100 31,900 5,600 15,100 20,500 - 20,500
Q4 2010 106,800 28,500 9,900 12,300 20,300 35,900 56,200
Q4 2011 96,600 27,600 9,500 11,600 19,100 28,800 47,900
Q4 2012 91,000 26,100 9,600 10,400 18,600 26,300 44,900
Q4 2013 77,700 24,900 9,000 10,900 4,500 28,300 32,800
Q4 2014 53,700 22,900 9,300 9,700 * * 11,800
Q4 2015 53,800 23,100 9,500 10,100 * * 11,100
Q4 2016 53,100 23,200 9,300 10,100 * * 10,500
Change on year to:
Q4 2016 -690 150 -210 10 n/a n/a -650
% change on year:
Q4 2016 -1.3% 0.7% -2.2% 0.1% n/a n/a -5.8%

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.

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.

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