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Publication - Statistics

PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT IN SCOTLAND STATISTICS FOR 3rd QUARTER 2014

Published
17 December 2014
ISBN
9781785440243

The statistics in this release are 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 September 2014. The publication includes information on public sector employment in Scotland with distinctions made for employment in devolved bodies and reserved bodies (located in Scotland).

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Table 2: Public sector employment by National Accounts Sector Classification; Scotland, Headcount
Not Seasonally Adjusted

Total Public Sector Total Central Government National Accounts Central Government Categories Local Government4,6 Public Corporations2 Public Sector Financial Institutions2 Public Corporations & Public Sector Financial Institutions2,3
NHS8 Civil Service Police and Fire4 Further Education Colleges5,7 Armed Forces Other Public Bodies5
Q3 1999 546,400 223,400 129,700 48,500 - 15,700 15,000 14,400 293,600 29,400 - 29,400
Q3 2008 596,800 258,400 156,500 49,400 - 16,900 12,000 23,700 313,200 25,100 - 25,100
Q3 2009 633,200 262,900 159,800 51,300 - 16,000 11,900 23,900 304,500 28,300 37,500 65,800
Q3 2010 617,600 260,500 158,800 49,100 - 17,100 12,300 23,300 297,700 27,200 32,100 59,300
Q3 2011 592,800 250,800 154,500 47,700 - 15,100 11,700 21,800 284,000 25,700 32,200 57,900
Q3 2012 580,900 248,500 155,300 45,500 - 14,200 11,700 21,900 278,700 24,500 29,200 53,700
Q3 2013 579,800 277,000 157,400 44,700 29,800 13,500 11,100 20,600 246,100 24,300 32,300 56,600
Q3 2014 541,900 275,700 159,700 42,900 28,800 13,500 9,800 21,000 246,100 * * 20,000
Change on year to:
Q3 2014 -37,900 -1,300 2,400 -1,900 -1,000 100 -1,300 400 0 n/a n/a -36,600
% change on year:
Q3 2014 -6.5% -0.5% 1.5% -4.1% -3.4% 0.6% -11.5% 1.9% 0.0% n/a n/a -64.6%

Notes:
1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred. "-" denotes blank entries and "*" denotes entries that have been suppressed for disclosure reasons.
2. Due to the recent reclassification of Lloyds Banking Group plc from public sector financial institutions to the private sector, a new category has been created combining public corporations with public sector financial institutions to ensure employment figures are not disclosed. Both categories have been merged to produce a backseries prior to the reclassification to allow for calculation of year on year changes.
3. Employment over the year in public corporations & public sector financial institutions has been largely affected by the reclassification of Lloyds Banking Group plc. (and subsidiaries), as well as Royal Mail plc. and Direct Line Group plc.
4. Police and Fire Reform: Some of the change on year estimates will be affected by reclassification of organisations as a result of reforms to the police and fire services in Scotland. From Q2 2013 Police and Fire services have been reclassified as central government rather than local government. This reclassification has had an impact on the staffing numbers in both these categories. Also, from Q2 2013 staffing levels for the Scottish Police Authority (previously Scottish Police Services Authoriy) are included within the Police and Fire Services category in the table above (previously included in other public bodies).
5. In October 2012 the Scottish Agricultural College (SAC) merged with 3 colleges to form Scotland's Rural College. This new organisation is classified as a public body as the SAC was. This has resulted in staffing levels moving from the Further Education to Other Public Bodies categories to reflect the merger of these organisations.
6. A number of local government staff have transferred to arms length organisations which are part of the private sector under National Accounts definitions. For example, staff transferrred from Glasgow City Council to Cordia Limited Liability Partnership from 1 April 2009 thus explaining the decrease in local government employment between 2008 and 2009.
7. Information for further education colleges in Scotland is based on actual information from Q4 2010. The method used to create the back series is detailed in the background notes of this publication.
8. From Q4 2011, NHS has responsibility for employing Healthcare staff within prisons. Previously, these people were employed directly by the Scottish Prison Service (SPS). Also in Q2 2011 1,491 & 1,062 WTE headcount staff transferred from Highland Council to NHS Highland as a result of the move to integrated health and social care services.
9. Detailed tables showing a full time series of data - all quarters back to Q1 1999 - are available to download from the Public Sector Employment Websection: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Labour-Market/PublicSectorEmployment

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