Public Sector Employment In Scotland Statistics For 2nd Quarter 2021

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 2021.


Table 6: Total reserved public sector employment by sector; Scotland, Full-time equivalent [note 1] [note 3]

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Quarter Total Reserved Public Sector Civil Service Armed Forces Public Bodies [note 2] Public Corporations [note 2] Public Sector Financial Institutions [note 2] Other Public Sector [note 2]
Q2 1999 71,300 32,000 14,900 5,400 18,900 - 24,300
Q2 2015 53,500 23,800 9,400 * * * 20,300
Q2 2016 54,400 23,300 10,000 * * * 21,200
Q2 2017 53,300 23,600 9,800 * * * 20,000
Q2 2018 52,100 22,800 9,700 * * * 19,600
Q2 2019 54,000 22,600 9,700 * * * 21,700
Q2 2020 51,200 22,000 9,800 * * * 19,500
Q2 2021 52,400 22,900 10,100 * * * 19,400
Change on year to:
Q2 2021 1,150 890 300 * * * -50
% change on year:
Q2 2021 2.2% 4.1% 3.1% * * * -0.2%

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 figures are not disclosed.

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

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