Public sector employment in Scotland: statistics for first quarter 2021
Statistics based on administrative records and surveys of individual public sector bodies carried out by the Scottish Government and the Office for National Statistics (ONS). This is a snapshot of employment as at March 2021.
Table 4: Total reserved public sector employment by sector; Scotland, Headcount1,3
Not Seasonally Adjusted
| Quarter | Total Reserved Public Sector | Civil Service | Armed Forces | Public Bodies2 | Public Corporations2 | Public Sector Financial Institutions2 | Other Public Sector2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 1999 | 74,400 | 33,700 | 14,800 | 5,600 | 20,300 | - | 25,900 |
| Q1 2015 | 56,400 | 25,600 | 9,500 | * | * | * | 21,300 |
| Q1 2016 | 58,100 | 25,800 | 10,000 | * | * | * | 22,300 |
| Q1 2017 | 56,100 | 25,700 | 9,800 | * | * | * | 20,600 |
| Q1 2018 | 56,000 | 25,400 | 9,700 | * | * | * | 20,900 |
| Q1 2019 | 55,000 | 25,000 | 9,700 | * | * | * | 20,400 |
| Q1 2020 | 53,900 | 24,300 | 9,800 | * | * | * | 19,800 |
| Q1 2021 | 54,900 | 24,800 | 9,800 | * | * | * | 20,200 |
| Change on year to: | |||||||
| Q1 2021 | 970 | 530 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 440 |
| % change on year: | |||||||
| Q1 2021 | 1.8% | 2.2% | 0.0% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 2.2% |
Notes:
1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred. Change on year rounded to the nearest ten. Percentages are based on unrounded figures. "-" denotes blank entries and "*" denotes entries that have been suppressed for disclosure reasons. Totals may not equal the sum of individual parts due to rounding.
2. Public corporations, public sector financial institutions and public bodies, have been combined into 'other public sector' to ensure individual organisation figures are not disclosed.
3. For further information on interpreting these series, see the series reclassification guide or background notes of the publication.
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