Public sector employment in Scotland: statistics for first 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
Q1 1999 71,200 32,100 5,300 14,800 19,100 - 19,100
Q1 2010 106,700 30,500 9,500 12,100 20,700 33,900 54,600
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 2015r 52,800 23,000 9,200 9,500 * * 11,100
Q1 2016 54,900 23,400 9,400 10,300 * * 11,800
Change on year to:
Q1 2016 2,100 400 200 900 n/a n/a 700
% change on year:
Q1 2016 4.0% 1.7% 1.9% 9.1% n/a n/a 6.0%

Notes:

r = revision - Reserved Public Corporations and Public Sector Financial Institutions figure has been revised due to NA Classifications updates

1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred. 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

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