Public Sector Employment in Scotland Statistics for 4th Quarter 2023

Reserved Public Sector Employment in Scotland; Headcount

The reserved public sector employment includes:

• Reserved Civil Service
• Armed Forces
• Other Public Sector (which covers Public Sector Financial Institutions, Non-Departmental Bodies and Other Bodies)

The number of people employed in the reserved public sector in December 2023 was 57,100. This was 1,200 (2.1%) higher than in December 2022.

Figure 7: Reserved Civil Service employs the largest number of people in the reserved Public Sector

Breakdown of Reserved Public Sector employment (Headcount) in Scotland as at December 2023

Source: Public Sector Employment in Scotland, Quarter 4 2023.

Note: Totals may not equal the sum of the individual parts due to rounding.

The increase over the year in the overall reserved public sector headcount was due to the following changes (changes are given from December 2022 to December 2023):

• employment in Reserved Civil Service increased by 760 (3.1%) to 25,400
• employment in Other Public Sector increased by 640 (3.1%) to 21,400

while:

• employment in Armed Forces decreased by 200 (-1.9%) to 10,300

Figure 8: Reserved Civil Service and ‘Other Public Sector’ had the largest percentage increase over the year in the Reserved public sector

Change in Reserved Public Sector employment (Headcount) in Scotland from December 2022 to December 2023

Source: Public Sector Employment in Scotland, Quarter 4 2023.