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 6: Reserved civil service employment; Scotland, Headcount

Footnotes1,2

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Reserved Civil Service
Total Reserved Civil Service Ministry of Defence HM Revenue and Customs Department for Work and Pensions Department for International Development Scotland Office Other Civil Service
Q2 2014 26,100 4,000 8,700 10,200 600 70 2,600
Q2 2015 26,300 3,900 9,200 10,000 600 70 2,500
Q2 2016 25,700 4,000 9,000 9,600 700 80 2,400
Q2 2017 25,900 4,100 8,900 9,600 800 80 2,400
Q2 2018 25,100 4,100 8,300 9,100 900 80 2,600
Q2 2019 24,900 4,100 8,200 8,800 1,000 90 2,800
Q2 2020 24,000 4,100 7,800 8,300 1,000 90 2,800
Change on year to:
Q2 2020 -890 -40 -400 -450 10 0 -20
% change on year:
Q2 2020 -3.6% -1.1% -4.9% -5.1% 1.2% 3.3% -0.6%

Notes:

1. Employment figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred, with the exception of the Scotland Office figures, which have been rounded to the nearest ten. 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. For further information on interpreting these series, see the series reclassification guide or background notes of the publication.

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