Public Sector Employment in Scotland Statistics for 1st Quarter 2012

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). 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 Sector Reserved Public Sector Total Public Sector Devolved Public Sector Reserved Public Sector
Q1 1999 545,100 471,100 74,000 454,900 384,100 70,800
Q1 2006 602,400 524,500 77,900 507,400 433,800 73,600
Q1 2007 597,800 524,800 73,000 502,900 434,200 68,800
Q1 2008 595,000 526,000 69,000 503,300 438,500 64,800
Q1 2009 641,400 528,600 112,700 545,900 441,400 104,500
Q1 2010 624,900 521,000 103,900 533,200 436,700 96,500
Q1 2011 *612,400 *512,800 99,600 518,800 426,000 92,800
Q1 2012 584,800 491,100 93,700 499,400 412,700 86,700
Change on year to:
Q1 2012 -27,600 -21,700 -5,900 -19,400 -13,300 -6,100
% change on year:
Q1 2012 -4.5% -4.2% -5.9% -3.7% -3.1% -6.6%

Notes:

1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred.

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 in Table 4)
Reserved Public Sector consists ofthe following staff groups: Civil Service, Public Bodies, Armed Forces, Public Corporations, Public Sector Financial Institutions (as shown in Table 5)

3. Northern Rock classified to public sector from Q4 2007. Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc and Lloyds Banking Group plc classified to the public sector from Q4 2008.

* Estimates for Q1 2011 include 6,700 temporary staff recruited to carry out the 2011 census

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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