PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT IN SCOTLAND STATISTICS FOR 3rd QUARTER 2015
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 2015. 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 5: Total reserved public sector employment by sector; Scotland, Headcount
| Total Reserved Public Sector |
Civil Service | Public Bodies | Armed Forces | Public Corporations2 | Public Sector Financial Institutions2 |
Public Corporations & Public Sector Financial Institutions2,3 | Estimated Total Reserved Public Sector excluding major reclassifications | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 1999 | 74,700 | 33,900 | 5,900 | 15,000 | 19,900 | - | 19,900 | 56,300 |
| Q3 2009 | 116,900 | 33,800 | 10,900 | 11,900 | 22,300 | 38,100 | 60,400 | 57,300 |
| Q3 2010 | 111,800 | 31,400 | 10,500 | 12,300 | 20,600 | 36,900 | 57,500 | 54,200 |
| Q3 2011 | 104,100 | 30,800 | 10,000 | 11,700 | 19,400 | 32,300 | 51,700 | 51,800 |
| Q3 2012r | 97,100 | 29,000 | 10,000 | 11,000 | 17,900 | 29,200 | 47,100 | 49,300 |
| Q3 2013 | 98,200 | 28,000 | 9,700 | 11,100 | 17,200 | 32,300 | 49,500 | 48,000 |
| Q3 2014 | 58,100 | 25,600 | 9,600 | 9,800 | * | * | 13,000 | 44,300 |
| Q3 2015 | 57,100 | 25,500 | 9,700 | 9,800 | * | * | 12,000 | 43,200 |
| Change on year to: Q3 2015 |
-1,000 | -100 | 100 | -10 | n/a | n/a | -1,000 | -1,100 |
| % change on year: Q3 2015 |
-1.6% | -0.2% | 1.3% | -0.1% | n/a | n/a | -7.7% | -2.4% |
r = Revision - previous estimates have been revised due to revisions to Armed Forces data (Q3 and Q4 2012)
Notes:
1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred, except change on year for Armed Forces. Percentages are based on unrounded figures. "-" denotes blank entries and "*" denotes entries that have been suppressed for disclosure reasons.
2. Due to the recent reclassification of Lloyds Banking Group plc from public sector financial institutions to the private sector, 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. Over the last year, employment in public corporations decreased mainly due to East Coast Mainline Company and Remploy being taken over by private companies and the Defence Support Group being privatised with some employees moving to Babcock and others transferring to main MOD.
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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