Public sector employment in Scotland: statistics for first quarter 2016

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


Table 10: Devolved civil service employment; Scotland, Full-time equivalent

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Devolved Civil Service
Total Devolved Civil Service Scottish Government Core Directorates (excluding Agencies) Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Scottish Government Agencies 2,3 Non-Ministerial Departments
Q1 2010 16,700 5,500 1,800 7,900 1,600
Q1 2011 17,900 5,200 1,700 6,500 4,500
Q1 2012 15,800 5,000 1,500 6,400 2,800
Q1 2013 15,800 4,900 1,600 6,500 2,800
Q1 2014 16,100 5,100 1,600 6,800 2,700
Q1 2015 16,600 5,100 1,600 7,000 2,800
Q1 2016 16,000 5,200 1,600 6,100 3,200
Change on year to:
Q1 2016 -600 0 10 -900 400
% change on year:
Q1 2016 -3.4% 0.1% 0.6% -13.3% 12.5%

Notes:

1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred, except for change on year for Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal. Percentages are based on unrounded figures.

2. From Q4 2011, NHS has responsibility for employing Healthcare staff within prisons. Previously, these people were employed directly by the Scottish Prison Service (SPS). In Q2 2012 1,491 & 1062.1 FTE / headcount staff transferred from Highland Council to NHS Highland.

3. The decrease in Scottish Government Agencies is mainly due to Historic Scotland no longer being part of the civil service. In Q4 2015, Historic Scotland merged with the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland to become Historic Environment Scotland, a non-departmental public body.

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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