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 11: Reserved civil service employment; Scotland, Full-time equivalent

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Reserved Civil Service
Total Reserved Civil Service Ministry of Defence HM Revenue and Customs Department for Work and Pensions Department for International Development Scotland Office Other Civil Service
Q1 2006 33,400 6,900 10,500 12,700 500 60 2,700
Q1 2007 32,000 6,500 10,500 11,700 500 50 2,700
Q1 2008 30,500 6,000 10,100 11,100 500 60 2,700
Q1 2009 30,600 5,700 10,000 10,100 500 60 4,200
Q1 2010 30,500 5,700 9,000 11,200 400 70 4,000
Q1 2011 29,000 5,500 8,800 10,100 500 60 4,000
Q1 2012 27,200 4,700 8,600 9,300 500 70 4,000
Change on year to:
Q1 2012 -1,800 -900 -200 -800 0 10 0
% change on year:
Q1 2012 -6.3% -15.4% -2.2% -7.8% 2.6% 9.8% -0.3%

Notes:

1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred, with the exception of the Scotland Office figures which are rounded to the nearest ten.

2. Staff, previously employed in the Child Support Agency within DWP have transferred to the new Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission (CMEC) from Q4 2008. CMEC is an Non-Departmental Public Body. However, CMEC staff are included in the 'Other Civil Service' category as staff have retained their civil service contracts.

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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