Public sector employment in Scotland: statistics for fourth quarter 2016

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


Table 5: Total reserved public sector employment by sector; Scotland, Headcount

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 Estimated Total Reserved Public Sector excluding major reclassifications
Q4 1999 76,700 33,800 6,000 15,100 21,900 - 21,900 58,300
Q4 2010 114,700 31,000 10,400 12,300 21,900 39,200 61,000 53,400
Q4 2011 103,700 30,300 9,900 11,600 20,500 31,400 51,900 51,100
Q4 2012 97,400 28,800 9,700 10,400 19,800 28,700 48,500 48,100
Q4 2013 83,500 27,700 9,400 10,900 4,800 30,800 35,600 47,200
Q4 2014 57,500 25,400 9,600 9,700 * * 12,700 44,000
Q4 2015 57,500 25,500 9,900 10,100 * * 11,900 43,600
Q4 2016 56,600 25,600 9,600 10,100 * * 11,200 43,400
Change on year to:
Q4 2016 -900 60 -260 10 n/a n/a -710 -210
% change on year:
Q4 2016 -1.6% 0.2% -2.6% 0.1% n/a n/a -6.0% -0.5%

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.

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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