Public sector employment in Scotland: statistics for second quarter 2020

Statistics based on administrative records and surveys of individual public sector bodies carried out by the Scottish Government and the Office for National Statistics (ONS). This is a snapshot of employment as at June 2020.


Table 4: Total reserved public sector employment by sector; Scotland, Headcount

Footnotes1,3

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Total Reserved Public Sector Civil Service Armed Forces Public Bodies2 Public Corporations2 Public Sector Financial Institutions2 Other Public Sector2
Q2 1999 74,700 33,800 14,900 5,800 20,200 - 25,900
Q2 2014 59,200 26,100 10,400 9,500 * * 22,700
Q2 2015 57,300 26,300 9,400 * * * 21,500
Q2 2016 58,100 25,700 10,000 * * * 22,400
Q2 2017 56,700 25,900 9,800 * * * 21,100
Q2 2018 55,400 25,100 9,700 * * * 20,600
Q2 2019 57,400 24,900 9,700 * * * 22,800
Q2 2020 53,500 24,000 9,800 * * * 19,700
Change on year to:
Q2 2020 -3,910 -890 130 -3,150
% change on year:
Q2 2020 -6.8% -3.6% 1.3% -13.8%

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. Totals may not equal the sum of individual parts due to rounding.

2. Public corporations, public sector financial institutions and public bodies, have been combined into 'other public sector' to ensure individual organisation figures are not disclosed.

3. For further information on interpreting these series, see the series reclassification guide or background notes of the publication.

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