Public sector employment in Scotland: statistics for third quarter 2016
Employment snapshot statistics based on administrative records and surveys of individual public sector bodies as at September 2016.
Table 5: Total reserved public sector employment by sector; Scotland, Headcount
Not Seasonally Adjusted
| Total Reserved Public Sector |
Civil Service | Public Bodies | Armed Forces | Public Corporations 2 | Public Sector Financial Institutions 2 |
Public Corporations & Public Sector Financial Institutions 2,3 | Estimated Total Reserved Public Sector excluding major reclassifications | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 1999 | 74,700 | 33,900 | 5,900 | 15,000 | 19,900 | - | 19,900 | 56,300 |
| Q3 2010 | 111,800 | 31,400 | 10,500 | 12,300 | 20,600 | 36,900 | 57,500 | 54,200 |
| Q3 2011 | 104,100 | 30,800 | 10,000 | 11,700 | 19,400 | 32,300 | 51,700 | 51,800 |
| Q3 2012 | 97,100 | 29,000 | 10,000 | 11,000 | 17,900 | 29,200 | 47,100 | 49,300 |
| Q3 2013 | 98,200 | 28,000 | 9,700 | 11,100 | 17,200 | 32,300 | 49,500 | 48,000 |
| Q3 2014 | 58,100 | 25,600 | 9,600 | 9,800 | * | * | 13,000 | 44,300 |
| Q3 2015 | 57,200 | 25,500 | 9,900 | 9,800 | * | * | 12,000 | 43,300 |
| Q3 2016 | 57,000 | 25,400 | 9,800 | 10,200 | * | * | 11,700 | 43,400 |
| Change on year to: | ||||||||
| Q3 2016 | -270 | -170 | -90 | 350 | n/a | n/a | -360 | 20 |
| % change on year: | ||||||||
| Q3 2016 | -0.5% | -0.7% | -0.9% | 3.6% | n/a | n/a | -2.9% | 0.0% |
Notes:
1. 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.
2. Due to the reclassification of Lloyds Banking Group plc from public sector financial institutions to the private sector (Q1 2014), 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 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. 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.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Labour-Market/PublicSectorEmployment
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