Public Sector Employment in Scotland Statistics for 1st Quarter 2023

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 2023


Table 4: Total reserved public sector employment by sector; Scotland, Headcount

[1] [3]

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Quarter Total Reserved
Public Sector
Civil Service Armed Forces Other Public Sector [2]
Q1 1999   74,400 33,700 14,800 25,900
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   55,400 25,100 10,100 20,200
Q1 2022 r 56,100 25,300 10,500 20,300
Q1 2023   56,400 24,700 10,500 21,300
Change on year to Q1 2023 330 -640 0 970
% change on year Q1 2023 0.6% -2.5% 0.0% 4.8%

r - revision

1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred. Change on year rounded to the nearest ten. Percentages are based on unrounded figures. 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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