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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 9: Total reserved public sector employment by sector; Scotland, Full-time equivalent

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
Q2 1999 71,300 32,000 5,400 14,900 18,900 - 18,900
Q2 2012 91,100 26,300 9,600 11,000 16,900 27,300 44,200
Q2 2013 91,600 25,200 9,100 11,100 15,900 30,100 46,100
Q2 2014 55,200 23,300 9,200 10,400 * * 12,400
Q2 2015 53,300 23,500 9,300 9,400 * * 11,100
Q2 2016 54,300 23,000 9,400 10,200 * * 11,700
Q2 2017 53,400 23,200 9,300 10,200 * * 10,700
Q2 2018 51,900 22,300 9,700 9,900 * * 9,900
Change on year to:
Q2 2018 -1,540 -900 380 -280 n/a n/a -750
% change on year:
Q2 2018 -2.9% -3.9% 4.1% -2.7% n/a n/a -7.0%

Notes:

1. Employment 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 of Lloyds Banking Group plc from public sector financial institutions to the private sector (Q1 2014), 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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