Public Sector Employment in Scotland Statistics for 4th Quarter 2012

The statistics in this release are based on administrative records and surveys of individual public sector bodies carried out by the Scottish Government and the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The publication includes information on public sector employment in Scotland with distinctions made for employment in devolved bodies and reserved bodies (located in Scotland).


Table 6: Devolved civil service employment; Scotland, Headcount

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Devolved Civil Service
Total Devolved
Civil Service
Scottish
Government
Core
Directorates
(excluding
Agencies)
Crown Office
and Procurator
Fiscal
Scottish
Government
Agencies
Non-Ministerial
Departments
Q4 2006 16,600 4,400 1,600 8,900 1,700
Q4 2007 16,600 4,400 1,600 8,900 1,700
Q4 2008 16,900 5,000 1,700 8,400 1,800
Q4 2009 17,500 5,700 1,900 8,200 1,700
Q4 2010 17,700 5,600 1,800 6,700 3,600
Q4 2011 16,600 5,200 1,700 6,500 3,100
Q4 2012 16,400 5,100 1,700 6,700 3,000
Change on year to:
Q4 2012 -200 -100 0 200 -200
% change on year:
Q4 2012 -0.9% -2.7% -1.6% 2.6% -5.0%

Notes:
1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred. Percentages are based on unrounded figures.

2. Since Q2 2008, six Government Agencies have been absorbed into the Scottish Government Core Departments. Further details are provided in the background notes.

3. From Q2 2010, the Scottish Court Service was reclassified from Government Agency to Non-Ministerial Department.

4. Staff from Local Authority District Courts and Police Authorities have transferred into the Devolved Civil Service since 2007.

5. 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 WTE headcount staff transferred from Highland Council to NHS Highland.

6. Where the change on the year is less than 50 this rounds to '0'.

7. 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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