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 9: Devolved civil service employment; Scotland, Full-time equivalent

Footnotes1,2

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Devolved Civil Service
Total Devolved Civil Service3,4 Scottish Government Core Directorates (excluding Agencies) Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Scottish Government Agencies Non-Ministerial Departments
Q2 2014 16,300 5,100 1,600 7,000 2,700
Q2 2015 16,900 5,000 1,600 7,200 3,100
Q2 2016 16,000 5,200 1,600 6,000 3,200
Q2 2017 16,100 5,300 1,600 5,900 3,300
Q2 2018 16,500 5,800 1,600 5,800 3,200
Q2 2019 18,900 6,500 1,700 7,300 3,400
Q2 2020 20,200 7,100 1,800 7,700 3,600
Change on year to:
Q2 2020 1,280 630 90 440 130
% change on year:
Q2 2020 6.8% 9.7% 5.1% 6.0% 3.8%

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 For further information on interpreting these series, see the series reclassification guide or background notes of the publication.

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