Public sector employment in Scotland: statistics for first quarter 2018

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 320 (-0.6%) to 55,800 in Q1 2018.

The estimated reserved public sector excluding the effects of the major reclassifications decreased by 310 (-0.7%) to 42,800 in Q1 2018.

Chart 5 shows the composition of the reserved public sector as at Q1 2018.

Chart 5: Breakdown of Reserved Public Sector Employment by Sector, Headcount, Q1 2018

Source: Public Sector Employment in Scotland, Quarter 1 2018

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 430
  (-1.7%);
• Employment levels for Public Corporations & Public Sector Financial Institutions ^[5] decreased by 150 (-1.4%) from 11,100 in Q1 2017 to 10,900 in Q1 2018;
• Employment levels for the Armed Forces decreased by 180 (-1.8%);
• Employment levels for Public Bodies increased by 450 (+4.6%).