Public sector employment in Scotland: statistics for fourth quarter 2013
Employment snapshot statistics based on administrative records and surveys of individual public sector bodies.
Table 2: Public sector employment by National Accounts Sector Classification; Scotland, Headcount
Not Seasonally Adjusted
| Total Public Sector | Total Central Government | National Accounts Central Government Categories | Local Government | Public Corporations | Public Sector Financial Institutions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NHS | Civil Service | Police and Fire | Further Education Colleges | Armed Forces | Other Public Bodies | ||||||
| Q4 1999 | 551,200 | 223,500 | 129,800 | 48,300 | 15,700 | 15,100 | 14,600 | 296,300 | 31,300 | ||
| Q4 2007 | 598,900 | 255,900 | 154,500 | 49,800 | 16,900 | 12,200 | 22,600 | 316,000 | 26,900 | ||
| Q4 2008 | 647,100 | 259,500 | 157,400 | 49,800 | 16,900 | 12,000 | 23,400 | 313,600 | 31,300 | ||
| Q4 2009 | 634,700 | 262,700 | 160,800 | 51,100 | 16,000 | 11,900 | 22,900 | 305,800 | 30,500 | 35,700 | |
| Q4 2010 | 615,700 | 258,400 | 158,000 | 48,700 | 16,800 | 12,300 | 22,700 | 295,500 | 28,400 | 33,500 | |
| Q4 2011 | 590,400 | 249,500 | 154,400 | 46,900 | 15,000 | 11,600 | 21,500 | 282,800 | 26,800 | 31,400 | |
| Q4 2012 | 580,100 | 247,300 | 155,800 | 45,100 | 14,100 | 10,900 | 21,500 | 277,700 | 26,300 | 28,700 | |
| Q4 2013 | 566,300 | 276,500 | 158,100 | 44,300 | 29,300 | 13,600 | 10,900 | 20,300 | 247,000 | 11,900 | 30,800 |
| Change on year to: | |||||||||||
| Q4 2013 | -13,800 | 29,200 | 2,400 | -800 | 29,300 | -600 | 0 | -1,200 | -30,700 | -14,400 | 2,200 |
| % change on year: | |||||||||||
| Q4 2013 | -2.4% | 11.8% | 1.5% | -1.8% | n/a | -4.0% | -0.1% | -5.4% | -11.1% | -54.7% | 7.5% |
Notes:
1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred.
2. Police and Fire Reform: Some of the change on year estimates will be affected by reclassification of organisations as a result of reforms to the police and fire services in Scotland. From Q2 2013 Police and Fire services have been reclassified as central government rather than local government. This reclassification has had an impact on the staffing numbers in both these categories. Also, from Q2 2013 staffing levels for the Scottish Police Authority (previously Scottish Police Services Authority) are included within the Police and Fire Services category in the table above (previously included in other public bodies).
3. In April 2013 the Scottish Agricultural College ( SAC) merged with 3 colleges to form Scotland's Rural College. This new organisation is classified as a public body as the SAC was). This has resulted in staffing levels moving from the Further Education to Other Public Bodies categories to reflect the merger of these organisations.
4. Public sector financial institutions include Northern Rock (classified to the public sector from Q4 2007), Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc, HBOS/Lloyds Banking Group plc (both classified to the public sector from Q4 2008), Lloyds TSB Commercial Banking. Those organisations classificed as Public Sector Financial Institutiones and SIC 64
5. A number of local government staff have transfered to arms length organisations which are part of the private sector under National Accounts definitions. For example, staff transferrred from Glasgow City Council to Cordia Limited Liability Partnership from 1 April 2009 thus explaining the decrease in local government employment between 2008 and 2009.
6. Information for further education colleges in Scotland is based on actual information from Q4 2010. The method used to create the back series is detailed in the background notes of this publication.
7. From Q4 2011, NHS has responsibility for employing Healthcare staff within prisons. Previously, these people were employed directly by the Scottish Prison Service ( SPS). Also in Q2 2011 1,491 & 1,062 WTE headcount staff transferred from Highland Council to NHS Highland as a result of the move to integrated health and social care services.
8. 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.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Labour-Market/PublicSectorEmployment
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