Public Sector Employment in Scotland - Statistics for the 2nd Quarter of 2014

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). This is a snapshot of employment as at June 2014. 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 Pensions2 Department for International Development Scotland Office Other Civil Service2
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 29,300 4,600 9,600 10,300 500 70 4,200
Q2 2013 28,300 4,100 9,400 11,400 600 70 2,700
Q2 2014 26,300 4,000 8,700 10,200 600 70 2,700
Change on year to:
Q2 2014 -2,000 -100 -800 -1,100 0 10 0
% change on year:
Q2 2014 -7.0% -2.0% -8.1% -9.9% -1.2% 7.5% 0.0%

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. Percentages are based on unrounded figures.

2. From Q3 2012 DWP includes CMEC staff. From Q4 2008 Staff, employed in the Child Support Agency within DWP, transferred to the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission (CMEC). CMEC is an Non-Departmental Public Body. However, CMEC staff were included in the 'Other Civil Service' category as staff have retained their civil service contracts. From Q3 2012 CMEC staff have moved into DWP again."

3. Where the change on the year is less than 50 this rounds to '0'.

4. 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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