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 6: Total reserved public sector employment by sector; Scotland, Full-time equivalent
[1] [3]
Not Seasonally Adjusted
| Quarter | Total Reserved Public Sector |
Civil Service | Armed Forces | Other Public Sector [2] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 1999 | 71,200 | 32,100 | 14,800 | 24,300 | |
| Q1 2017 | 52,700 | 23,300 | 9,800 | 19,500 | |
| Q1 2018 | 52,600 | 23,200 | 9,700 | 19,800 | |
| Q1 2019 | 51,800 | 22,700 | 9,700 | 19,500 | |
| Q1 2020 | 50,700 | 22,000 | 9,800 | 18,900 | |
| Q1 2021 | 52,400 | 22,900 | 10,100 | 19,400 | |
| Q1 2022 | r | 53,200 | 23,300 | 10,500 | 19,500 |
| Q1 2023 | 53,600 | 22,700 | 10,500 | 20,500 | |
| Change on year to Q1 2023 | 420 | -560 | 0 | 980 | |
| % change on year Q1 2023 | 0.8% | -2.4% | 0.0% | 5.0% | |
r - revision
1. Employment 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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