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Publication - Statistics

Public sector employment in Scotland: statistics for second quarter 2018

Published
11 September 2018
Directorate
Chief Economist Directorate, +1 more … Economic Development Directorate
Topic
Economy, Public sector, Work and skills
ISBN
9781787811614

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 2018.

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Table 1: Number of people employed by public and private sector; Scotland, Headcount

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Total Employment 6 Private Sector 2 Public Sector Estimated Private Sector including major reclassifications 3, 4 Estimated Public Sector excluding major reclassifications 3, 5
Level Level Percentage of total employment Level Percentage of total employment Level Percentage of total employment Level Percentage of total employment
Q2 1999 2,245,000 1,699,100 75.7% 545,600 24.3% 1,717,600 76.5% 527,100 23.5%
Q2 2012 2,479,000 1,877,700 75.7% 601,500 24.3% 1,940,200 78.3% 539,000 21.7%
Q2 2013 2,537,000 1,937,700 76.4% 599,500 23.6% 2,002,900 78.9% 534,300 21.1%
Q2 2014 2,598,000 2,035,600 78.3% 562,500 21.7% 2,064,400 79.5% 533,700 20.5%
Q2 2015 2,601,000 2,040,900 78.5% 560,400 21.5% 2,069,500 79.6% 531,900 20.4%
Q2 2016 2,630,000 2,069,400 78.7% 560,300 21.3% 2,098,900 79.8% 530,800 20.2%
Q2 2017 2,679,000 2,120,000 79.1% 559,400 20.9% 2,148,500 80.2% 530,900 19.8%
Q2 2018 2,648,000 2,088,200 78.9% 559,500 21.1% 2,115,800 79.9% 531,800 20.1%
Change on year to:
Q2 2018 -31,800 -31,850 -0.3 p.p. 50 0.3 p.p. -32,700 -0.3 p.p. 900 0.3 p.p.
% change on year:
Q2 2018 -1.2% -1.5% 0.0% -1.5% 0.2%

Notes:

p.p. - percentage points

1. Employment figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred, unless otherwise stated. Change on year rounded to the nearest ten. Totals may not equal the sum of individual parts due to rounding.

2. Private sector is derived as the difference between the Labour Force Survey 'Total employment' workforce based estimate for the whole of Scotland (not seasonally adjusted) and the public sector estimate (derived from individual organisation statistical returns).

3. Major reclassifications include: Royal Bank of Scotland plc, Lloyds Banking Group plc, Northern Rock plc, Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance, Lloyds Bank Asset Finance, Scottish Widows, Direct Line, Royal Mail Group plc, Post Office Ltd (until Q2 2006), Network Rail and Registered Social Landlords.

4. Private sector including major reclassifications includes the figures for the above organisations in the private sector series when they were part of the public sector.

5. Public sector excluding major reclassifications excludes the figures for the above organisations from the public sector series when they were part of the public sector.

6. Total employment figures are rounded to the nearest thousand.

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