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 1: Number of people employed by public and private sector; Scotland, Headcount

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Total Employment Private Sector Public Sector Public Sector
Excluding public sector financial institutions
Level Level Percentage of total employment Level Percentage of total employment Level Percentage of total employment
Q1 1999 2,228,000 1,683,200 75.5% 545,100 24.5% 545,100 24.5%
Q1 2006 2,461,000 1,858,500 75.5% 602,400 24.5% 602,400 24.5%
Q1 2007 2,540,000 1,942,200 76.5% 597,800 23.5% 597,800 23.5%
Q1 2008 2,554,000 1,959,100 76.7% 595,000 23.3% 595,000 23.3%
Q1 2009 2,508,000 1,866,700 74.4% 641,400 25.6% 597,700 23.8%
Q1 2010 2,408,000 1,783,300 74.1% 624,900 25.9% 588,600 24.4%
Q1 2011 2,472,000 1,859,600 75.2% *612,400 24.8% 577,800 23.4%
Q1 2012 2,453,000 1,868,200 76.2% 584,800 23.8% 552,300 22.5%
Change on year to:
Q1 2012 -19,000 8,600 -27,600 -25,500
% change on year:
Q1 2012 -0.8% 0.5% -4.5% -4.4%

Notes:

1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred. Total employment has been rounded to the nearest thousand.

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).

* 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

Contact

Email: Gayle Mackie

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