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 10: Reserved civil service employment; Scotland, Full-time equivalent

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 23,600 3,900 7,500 9,000 600 70 2,400
Q2 2015 23,800 3,800 8,200 8,800 600 70 2,400
Q2 2016 23,300 3,800 8,000 8,500 600 80 2,200
Q2 2017 23,600 4,000 7,900 8,600 700 70 2,300
Q2 2018 22,800 4,000 7,400 8,100 800 80 2,500
Q2 2019 22,600 4,000 7,200 7,700 900 90 2,600
Q2 2020 21,700 3,900 6,900 7,300 900 90 2,600
Change on year to:
Q2 2020 -830 -50 -340 -440 10 0 -20
% change on year:
Q2 2020 -3.7% -1.2% -4.6% -5.7% 0.7% 2.3% -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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