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).
4. Reserved Public Sector Employment in Scotland; Headcount (Table 5)
This section provides a summary of reserved public sector employment which includes:
- Reserved Civil Service (see section 5);
- Armed Forces;
- Reserved Public Corporations & Public Sector Financial Institutions;
- Other Reserved Public Bodies (which covers Non-Departmental Bodies and other bodies).
The number of people employed in the reserved public sector decreased by 35,600 (38.1%) to 57,800 in Q1 2014. The decrease in the reserved public sector was entirely the result of the national accounts reclassifications of Lloyds Banking Group plc., Royal Mail plc. and Direct Line Group. Excluding these reclassifications, the reserved public sector would have seen a decrease of 3,800 (4.1%) in employment over the year to Q1 2014. Chart 5 shows the make-up of the reserved public sector as at Q1 2014.
Chart 5: Breakdown of reserved public sector employment by sector, headcount, Q1 2014
Employment levels in all categories of the reserved public sector, except for public bodies, have decreased over the year:
- Reserved Civil Service down by 1,400 (5.0%);
- Public Corporations & Public Sector Financial Institutions[7] down by 33,700 (71.3%);
- Armed Forces down by 500 (4.8%); while
- Public Bodies remained unchanged.
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