Public sector employment in Scotland: statistics for second quarter 2018

4. Reserved Public Sector Employment in Scotland; Headcount (see Table 5)

The number of people employed in the reserved public sector in June 2018 was 55,200, 1,680 (3.0%) lower than in June 2017.

The estimated reserved public sector, excluding the effects of the major reclassifications, was 1,000 (2.3%) lower, at 42,400 in June 2018.

The reserved public sector employment includes:

• Reserved Civil Service (see section 5);
• Armed Forces;
• Reserved Public Corporations and Public Sector Financial Institutions;
• Other Reserved Public Bodies (which covers Non-Departmental Bodies and other bodies).

Chart 5 shows the size of each group in the reserved public sector as at June 2018.

Chart 5: Breakdown of Reserved Public Sector Employment by Sector as at June 2018, Headcount

Source: Public Sector Employment in Scotland, Quarter 2 2018

Note: Totals may not equal the sum of the individual parts due to rounding.

The decrease in the overall headcount in the reserved public sector was due to:

• Employment levels for the Reserved Civil Service falling by 1,000
  (3.9%);
• Employment levels for Public Corporations & Public Sector Financial Institutions ^[5] falling by 820 (7.1%) from 11,500 in June 2017 to 10,700 in June 2018;
• Employment levels for the Armed Forces falling by 280 (2.7%);

while:

• Employment levels for Public Bodies rose by 410 (4.2%).

Figure 4: Percentage Change (from June 2017 to June 2018) in the Reserved Public Sector, Headcount