PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT IN SCOTLAND STATISTICS FOR 1st QUARTER 2014

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 Corporations2 Public Sector
Financial Institutions2
Public Corporations & Public Sector Financial Institutions2
Q1 1999 71,200 32,100 5,300 14,800 19,100    
Q1 2008 65,600 30,500 6,500 12,000 16,700    
Q1 2009 109,400 30,600 7,500 12,000 20,600 38,700 59,300
Q1 2010 101,600 30,500 6,600 12,100 20,600 32,000 52,500
Q1 2011 97,400 29,000 6,900 12,100 18,800 30,600 49,400
Q1 2012 91,100 27,100 6,700 11,200 17,600 28,600 46,100
Q1 2013 86,600 25,700 6,400 11,100 16,300 27,000 43,300
Q1 2014 53,800 24,300 6,300 10,600 - - 12,600
Change on year to:              
Q1 2014 -32,800 -1,400 -100 -500 n/a n/a -30,700
% change on year:              
Q1 2014 -37.9% -5.5% -1.8% -4.8% n/a n/a -71.0%

Notes:
1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred. Percentages are based on unrounded figures.
2. Due to the recent reclassification of Lloyds Banking Group plc from public sector financial institutions to the private sector, a new category has been created combining public corporations with public sector financial institutions to ensure employment figures are not disclosed. Both categories have been merged to produce a backseries prior to the reclassification to allow for calculation of year on year changes.
3. Where the change on the year is less than 50 this rounds to '0'.
4. Since Q3 2013 Royal Mail Plc and Direct Line Insurance Group have been reclassified as former public corporations into private sector.
5. The drecrease seen in public corporations & public sector financial institutions can be accounted for by the reclassifications of Lloyds Banking Group plc. (and subsidiaries), Royal Mail plc. and Direct Line Group plc.
5. 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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