Public Sector Employment in Scotland - Statistics for the 2nd Quarter of 2014

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). This is a snapshot of employment as at June 2014. 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 3: Public sector employment by devolved and reserved sector; Scotland, Headcount and Full-time equivalent

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Headcount Full-time equivalent
Total Public Sector Devolved Public Sector2 Reserved Public Sector3 Total Public Sector Devolved Public Sector2 Reserved Public Sector3
Q2 1999 545,600 470,900 74,700 456,000 384,700 71,300
Q2 2008 596,900 525,400 71,500 506,200 439,000 67,200
Q2 2009 636,300 522,100 114,200 544,900 438,600 106,400
Q2 2010 627,000 517,900 109,100 536,300 434,600 101,700
Q2 2011 601,800 499,000 102,800 514,800 419,300 95,500
Q2 2012 584,500 489,000 95,500 500,300 411,900 88,400
Q2 2013 580,100 486,000 94,200 499,000 411,700 87,300
Q2 2014 544,100 487,300 56,800 465,700 412,700 52,900
Change on year to:
Q2 2014 -36,100 1,300 -37,400 -33,300 1,000 -34,400
% change on year:
Q2 2014 -6.2% 0.3% -39.7% -6.7% 0.2% -39.4%

Notes:

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

2. Devolved Public Sector consists of the following staff groups: Civil Service, Other Public Bodies, NHS, Further Education Colleges, Local Government and Public Corporations. (as shown in Table 4).

3. Reserved Public Sector consists of the following staff groups: Civil Service, Public Bodies, Armed Forces, Public Corporations, Public Sector Financial Institutions (as shown in Table 5).

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.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Labour-Market/PublicSectorEmployment

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