Scottish Government Workforce Statistics March 2016
An Official Statistics Publication for Scotland.
The latest quarterly Scottish Government Workforce Information statistics have been published today by Scotland’s Chief Statistician. These statistics cover the numbers of workers, staff sickness rates, and the diversity of staff, up to the most recent quarter ending March 2016.
The Scottish Government Workforce Information March 2016 statistics show that:
- At the end of March 2016, the core Scottish Government directly employed 5,152 FTE staff, largely unchanged from March 2015 (5,149). The percentage of directly employed staff in permanent (96%) and temporary (4%) categories remained unchanged over the year.
- There was a 4% decrease in the number of contingent (non-directly employed) workers, from 1,103 at the end of March 2015, to 1,057 at the end of March 2016, a decrease of 46 workers.
- The staff sickness level was 7.2 average working days lost (AWDL) per staff year in the year ending March 2016 (3.2 per cent of working days were lost). This is a slight increase of 0.1 working days from the same period last year (7.1 AWDL).
- At the end of March 2016, just over half of the workforce were female (50.6%, compared to 49.4% male). The percentage of female staff has increased by 0.5 percentage points from 50.1% at the end of March 2015.
- The majority of staff were aged 30-39 (26%), 40-49 (30.6%), and 50-59 (26.4%) at the end of March 2016. In contrast, 11.5% were aged 16-29, and 5.6% were aged 60 or over.
The figures released today were produced in accordance with professional standards set out in the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.
The full statistics are available at: http://www.gov.scot/About/Information/workforce-information
The statistics contain quarterly data from March 2012 to March 2016. The statistics present:
- full time equivalent numbers and headcounts in each directly employed staff category;
- headcounts of contingent workers (non-directly employed workers) engaged in work for the Scottish Government;
- sickness absence levels of directly employed staff; and
- headcounts of directly employed staff by: age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, marital/civil partnership status, religion or belief, and sexual orientation.
The Scottish Government uses the data internally for monitoring the performance of its workforce. Other expected users of the data in this publication are likely to include the general public and media for information about the Scottish Government, and other government departments for comparative purposes.
Official statistics are produced by professionally independent statistical staff. More information on the standards of official statistics in Scotland can be accessed at: http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/About
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