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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 5: Total reserved public sector employment by sector; Scotland, Headcount

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Total Reserved Public Sector Civil Service Public Bodies Armed Forces Public Corporations 2 Public Sector Financial Institutions 2 Public Corporations & Public Sector Financial Institutions 2,3 Estimated Total Reserved Public Sector excluding major reclassifications
Q2 1999 74,700 33,800 5,800 14,900 20,200 - 20,200 56,300
Q2 2012 98,000 29,000 9,900 11,000 18,300 29,700 48,100 49,300
Q2 2013 98,600 27,900 9,400 11,100 17,300 32,900 50,100 47,700
Q2 2014 59,100 25,800 9,500 10,400 * * 13,300 45,000
Q2 2015 57,100 26,000 9,700 9,400 * * 12,000 43,300
Q2 2016 57,900 25,400 9,700 10,200 * * 12,600 43,400
Q2 2017 56,900 25,600 9,700 10,200 * * 11,500 43,400
Q2 2018 55,200 24,600 10,100 9,900 * * 10,700 42,400
Change on year to:
Q2 2018 -1,680 -1,000 410 -280 n/a n/a -820 -1,000
% change on year:
Q2 2018 -3.0% -3.9% 4.2% -2.7% n/a n/a -7.1% -2.3%

Notes:

1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred. Change on year rounded to the nearest ten. Percentages are based on unrounded figures. "-" denotes blank entries and "*" denotes entries that have been suppressed for disclosure reasons. Totals may not equal the sum of individual parts due to rounding.

2. Due to the reclassification from the public sector to the private sector of Lloyds Banking Group plc. (Q1 2014), Royal Mail Group plc. (Q4 2013) and Direct Line Group (Q3 2013), a new category has been created combining public corporations with public sector financial institutions to ensure employment figures are not disclosed. Both categories have been merged to produce a backseries prior to the reclassification to allow for calculation of year on year changes.

3. Employment in public corporations & public sector financial institutions has been largely affected by the reclassification of Lloyds Banking Group plc. (and subsidiaries), as well as Royal Mail plc. and Direct Line Group plc.

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