Public sector employment in Scotland: statistics for second quarter 2020

Statistics 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 2020.


Table 2: Public sector employment by devolved and reserved sector; Scotland, Headcount and Full-time equivalent

Footnotes1

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Headcount Full-time equivalent
Total Public Sector Devolved Public Sector2 Reserved Public Sector3 Total Public Sector Devolved Public Sector2 Reserved Public Sector3
Q2 1999 545,600 470,900 74,700 456,000 384,700 71,300
Q2 2014 562,800 503,600 59,200 482,200 426,800 55,300
Q2 2015 560,800 503,500 57,300 479,100 425,600 53,500
Q2 2016 560,600 502,600 58,100 479,500 425,100 54,400
Q2 2017 558,400 501,700 56,700 478,800 425,500 53,300
Q2 2018 558,500 503,100 55,400 478,200 426,100 52,100
Q2 2019 557,700 500,300 57,400 477,300 423,300 54,000
Q2 2020 565,600 512,100 53,500 483,900 433,500 50,400
Change on year to:
Q2 2020 7,910 11,820 -3,910 6,580 10,210 -3,630
% change on year:
Q2 2020 1.4% 2.4% -6.8% 1.4% 2.4% -6.7%

r - due to minor revisions to data

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

2. Devolved Public Sector consists of the following staff groups: Civil Service, Other Public Bodies, NHS, Further Education Colleges, Local Government and Public Corporations (as shown in Table 3).

3. Reserved Public Sector consists of the following staff groups: Civil Service, Armed Forces, Other Public Sector (as shown in Table 4)

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