Public sector employment in Scotland: statistics for first quarter 2017

4. Reserved Public Sector Employment in Scotland; Headcount (see 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 and 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 2,000 (-3.4%) to 56,300 in Q1 2017.

The estimated reserved public sector excluding the effects of the major reclassifications decreased by 570 (-1.3%) to 43,200 in Q1 2017.

Chart 5 shows the composition of the reserved public sector as at Q1 2017.

Chart 5: Breakdown of Reserved Public Sector Employment by Sector, Headcount, Q1 2017

Source: Public Sector Employment in Scotland, Quarter 1 2017

Note: Totals may not equal the sum of the individual parts due to rounding.

Over the year:

• Employment levels for the Reserved Civil Service decreased by 160 (-0.6%);
• Employment levels for Public Corporations & Public Sector Financial Institutions ^[3] decreased by 1,540 (-12.2%) from 12,600 in Q1 2016 to 11,100 in Q1 2017;
• Employment levels for the Armed Forces decreased by 230 (-2.2%);
• Employment levels for Public Bodies decreased by 70 (-0.7%).