PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT IN SCOTLAND STATISTICS FOR 3rd QUARTER 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 September 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 1: Number of people employed by public and private sector; Scotland, Headcount
Not Seasonally Adjusted
| Total Employment3 | Private Sector2,3 | Public Sector | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level | Level | Percentage of total employment | Level | Percentage of total employment | |
| Q3 1999 | 2,293,000 | 1,746,200 | 76.2% | 546,400 | 23.8% |
| Q3 2008 | 2,558,000 | 1,960,700 | 76.7% | 596,800 | 23.3% |
| Q3 2009 | 2,513,000 | 1,880,200 | 74.8% | 633,200 | 25.2% |
| Q3 2010 | 2,490,000 | 1,872,000 | 75.2% | 617,600 | 24.8% |
| Q3 2011 | 2,502,000 | 1,909,200 | 76.3% | 592,800 | 23.7% |
| Q3 2012 | 2,488,000 | 1,906,800 | 76.6% | 580,900 | 23.4% |
| Q3 2013 | 2,555,000 | 1,975,600 | 77.3% | 579,800 | 22.7% |
| Q3 2014 | 2,590,000 | 2,048,500 | 79.1% | 541,900 | 20.9% |
| Change on year to: | |||||
| Q3 2014 | 35,100 | 72,900 | -37,900 | ||
| % change on year: | |||||
| Q3 2014 | 1.4% | 3.7% | -6.5% | ||
Notes:
1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred. Total employment has been rounded to the nearest thousand.
2. Private sector is derived as the difference between the Labour Force Survey 'Total employment' workforce based estimate for the whole of Scotland (not seasonally adjusted) and the public sector estimate (derived from individual organisation statistical returns).
3. Total Employment and Private Sector figures from Q3 2001 onwards have been revised within this publication due to reweighting of the Labour Force Survey 'Total Employment' workforce estimates to account for the latest population totals from the 2011 Census.
4. Due to recent reclassification of Lloyds Banking Group plc from public sector financial institutions to private sector, it has not been possible to produce a public sector series excluding public sector financial institutions without disclosing individual employment figures.
5. 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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