Public sector employment in Scotland: statistics for second quarter 2019

A snapshot of public sector employment as at June 2019.


Table 8: Total reserved public sector employment by sector; Scotland, Full-time equivalent 1,3

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Total Reserved
Public Sector
Civil Service Armed Forces Public Bodies2 Public Corporations2 Public Sector
Financial Institutions2
Other Public Sector 2
Q2 1999 71,300 32,000 14,900 5,400 18,900 - 24,300
Q2 2013 91,600 25,200 11,100 9,100 15,900 30,100 55,200
Q2 2014 55,300 23,300 10,400 9,200 * * 21,700
Q2 2015 53,500 23,500 9,400 * * * 20,600
Q2 2016 54,400 23,000 10,000 * * * 21,500
Q2 2017 53,300 23,200 9,800 * * * 20,300
Q2 2018 52,100 22,500 9,700 * * * 19,900
Q2 2019 54,900 22,100 9,700 * * * 23,100
Change on year to:
Q2 2019 2,770 -450 0 n/a n/a n/a 3,210
% change on year:
Q2 2019 5.3% -2.0% 0.0% n/a n/a n/a 16.1%

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. Public corporations, public sector financial institutions and public bodies have been combined into ‘other public sector’ to ensure individual organisation employment figures are not disclosed.

3. For futher information on interpreting these series, see the background notes of the publication.

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