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 9: Total reserved public sector employment by sector; Scotland, Full-time equivalent

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Total Reserved Public Sector Civil Service Public Bodies Armed Forces Public Corporations Public Sector Financial Institutions
Q1 1999 70,800 32,100 4,700 14,800 19,200
Q1 2006 73,600 33,400 6,200 13,500 20,500
Q1 2007 68,800 32,000 5,700 12,600 18,500
Q1 2008 64,800 30,500 5,500 12,000 16,900
Q1 2009 104,500 30,600 5,600 12,000 16,600 39,700
Q1 2010 96,500 30,500 4,600 12,100 16,100 33,200
Q1 2011 92,800 29,000 4,400 12,100 15,500 31,800
Q1 2012 86,700 27,200 4,200 11,200 14,300 29,800
Change on year to:
Q1 2012 -6,100 -1,800 -200 -900 -1,200 -2,000
% change on year:
Q1 2012 -6.6% -6.3% -4.3% -7.4% -7.8% -6.2%

Notes:

1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred.

2. Public sector financial institutions include Northern Rock (classified to the public sector from Q4 2007), Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc and Lloyds Banking Group plc (both classified to the public sector from Q4 2008).

3. Where the change on the year is less than 50 this rounds to '0'

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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Email: Gayle Mackie

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