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

3. Devolved Public Sector Employment in Scotland; Headcount (Table 4)

The devolved public sector includes:

• Devolved Civil Service (see section 5);
• Local Government, covering Scottish Local Authorities, Police and Fire Services (up to Q1 2013), Valuation Joint Boards and Regional Transport Partnerships;
• Police and Fire Services (Q2 2013 onwards)

• NHS in Scotland;
• Further Education Colleges;
• Devolved Public Corporations;
• Other Devolved Public Bodies (which covers Non-Departmental Bodies and other bodies).

The number of people employed in the devolved public sector has risen by 1,300 (0.3%) over the year to Q2 2014, increasing from 486,000 in Q2 2013 to 487,300. Chart 4 shows the composition of the devolved public sector as at Q2 2014.

Chart 4: Breakdown of Devolved Public Sector Employment by Category, Headcount, Q2 2014

Over the year:

Employment in Scottish Local Government decreased by 1,100 (0.4%) to 247,000 over the year to Q2 2014.

The number of Police and Fire Service employees decreased by 1,500 (5.1%), from 30,200 in Q2 2013 to 28,600 in Q2 2014.

Employment in Further Education colleges increased by 100 (0.6%) to 13,500 in Q2 2014.

Employment in the NHS increased by 2,400 (1.6%) over the year, to 159,100 in Q2 2014. A detailed breakdown on this information by staffing group was published by ISD on the 26^th August 2014. http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Workforce/

The devolved civil service saw an increase of 500 (2.8%) in employment between Q2 2013 and Q2 2014.

Employment in public corporations has risen by 1,100 (15.6%) over the year to Q2 2014, increasing from 7,000 in Q2 2013 to 8,100 in Q2 2014. This is in part due to headcount increases associated with the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.