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Publication - Statistics

PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT IN SCOTLAND STATISTICS FOR 1st QUARTER 2014

Published
11 June 2014
ISBN
9781784125868

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).

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Table 2: Public sector employment by National Accounts Sector Classification; Scotland, Headcount

Not Seasonally Adjusted

  Total Public Sector Total Central Government National Accounts Central Government Categories Local Government Public Corporations2 Public Sector Financial Institutions2 Public Corporations & Public Sector Financial Institutions2
  NHS Civil Service Police and Fire Further Education Colleges Armed Forces Other Public Bodies        
Q1 1999 545,500 221,900 129,000 48,300   15,700 14,800 14,100 293,900 29,800    
Q1 2008 595,900 255,000 154,300 49,500   16,900 12,000 22,200 316,000 25,000    
Q1 2009 646,700 261,000 158,200 50,300   16,900 12,000 23,600 314,100 28,900 42,700 71,600
Q1 2010 630,400 262,200 160,800 50,600   16,000 12,100 22,800 304,300 28,800 35,000 63,800
Q1 2011 617,300 263,200 156,900 55,500   16,500 12,100 22,200 294,200 26,500 33,300 59,800
Q1 2012 589,500 248,600 154,400 46,400   15,200 11,200 21,400 284,300 25,500 31,100 56,600
Q1 2013 581,200 248,500 156,500 45,000   13,900 11,100 21,900 278,800 24,600 29,400 54,000
Q1 2014 545,200 276,200 158,800 43,900 28,700 13,700 10,600 20,500 248,000 - - 21,000
Change on year to:                      
Q1 2014 -36,000 27,700 2,200 -1,100 28,700 -200 -500 -1,400 -30,800 n/a n/a -33,000
% change on year:                      
Q1 2014 -6.2% 11.2% 1.4% -2.4% n/a -1.7% -4.8% -6.2% -11.0% n/a n/a -61.1%

Notes:
1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred.
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. Employment over the year in public corporations & public sector financial institutions has been largely affected by the reclassification of Lloyds Banking Group plc. (and subsidiaries), as well as Royal Mail plc. and Direct Line Group plc.
4. Police and Fire Reform: Some of the change on year estimates will be affected by reclassification of organisations as a result of reforms to the police and fire services in Scotland. From Q2 2013 Police and Fire services have been reclassified as central government rather than local government. This reclassification has had an impact on the staffing numbers in both these categories. Also, from Q2 2013 staffing levels for the Scottish Police Authority (previously Scottish Police Services Authoriy) are included within the Police and Fire Services category in the table above (previously included in other public bodies).
5. In October 2012 the Scottish Agricultural College (SAC) merged with 3 colleges to form Scotland's Rural College. This new organisation is classified as a public body as the SAC was. This has resulted in staffing levels moving from the Further Education to Other Public Bodies categories to reflect the merger of these organisations.
6. A number of local government staff have transferred to arms length organisations which are part of the private sector under National Accounts definitions. For example, staff transferrred from Glasgow City Council to Cordia Limited Liability Partnership from 1 April 2009 thus explaining the decrease in local government employment between 2008 and 2009.
7. Information for further education colleges in Scotland is based on actual information from Q4 2010. The method used to create the back series is detailed in the background notes of this publication.
8. From Q4 2011, NHS has responsibility for employing Healthcare staff within prisons. Previously, these people were employed directly by the Scottish Prison Service (SPS). Also in Q2 2011 1,491 & 1,062 WTE headcount staff transferred from Highland Council to NHS Highland as a result of the move to integrated health and social care services.
9. 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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