Public Sector Employment in Scotland Statistics for 2nd Quarter 2012
The statistics in this release are based on administrative records and surveys of individual public sector bodies carried out by the Scottish Government and the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The publication includes information on public sector employment in Scotland with distinctions made for employment in devolved bodies and reserved bodies (located in Scotland).
Table 7: Reserved civil service employment; Scotland, Headcount
Not Seasonally Adjusted
| Reserved Civil Service | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Reserved Civil Service | Ministry of Defence | HM Revenue and Customs | Department for Work and Pensions | Department for International Development | Scotland Office | Other Civil Service | |
| Q2 2006 | 36,000 | 7,000 | 11,700 | 13,800 | 600 | 50 | 2,900 |
| Q2 2007 | 33,900 | 6,600 | 11,200 | 12,700 | 500 | 60 | 2,800 |
| Q2 2008 | 32,600 | 6,100 | 10,900 | 12,300 | 500 | 60 | 2,800 |
| Q2 2009 | 33,600 | 6,000 | 10,900 | 11,800 | 500 | 70 | 4,400 |
| Q2 2010 | 32,400 | 5,900 | 9,800 | 12,000 | 500 | 70 | 4,200 |
| Q2 2011 | 31,100 | 5,600 | 10,000 | 10,700 | 500 | 70 | 4,300 |
| Q2 2012 | 29,400 | 4,600 | 9,600 | 10,300 | 500 | 70 | 4,300 |
| Change on year to: | |||||||
| Q2 2012 | -1,700 | -1,000 | -400 | -500 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % change on year: | |||||||
| Q2 2012 | -5.5% | -17.4% | -3.5% | -4.2% | 5.3% | 0.0% | 1.0% |
Notes:
1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred, with the exception of the Scotland Office figures which are rounded to the nearest ten.
2. Staff, previously employed in the Child Support Agency within DWP have transferred to the new Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission (CMEC) from Q4 2008. CMEC is an Non-Departmental Public Body. However, CMEC staff are included in the 'Other Civil Service' category as staff have retained their civil service contracts.
3. Where the change on the year is less than 50 this rounds to '0'
Detailed tables showing a full time series of data - all quarters back to Q1 1999 - are available to download from the Public Sector Employment Websection:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Labour-Market/PublicSectorEmployment
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