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 7: Reserved civil service employment; Scotland, Headcount
Not Seasonally Adjusted
| Reserved Civil Service | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Reserved Civil Service | Ministry of Defence | HM Revenue and Customs | Department for Work and Pensions 2 | Department for International Development | Scotland Office | Other Civil Service 2,3 | |
| Q3 2010 | 31,400 | 5,800 | 9,700 | 11,600 | 500 | 70 | 3,900 |
| Q3 2011 | 30,800 | 5,400 | 10,100 | 10,500 | 500 | 70 | 4,300 |
| Q3 2012 | 29,000 | 4,400 | 9,400 | 10,300 | 500 | 60 | 4,200 |
| Q3 2013 | 28,000 | 4,100 | 9,300 | 11,200 | 600 | 70 | 2,700 |
| Q3 2014 | 25,600 | 4,000 | 8,300 | 10,000 | 600 | 80 | 2,500 |
| Q3 2015 | 25,500 | 3,900 | 9,000 | 9,500 | 600 | 70 | 2,400 |
| Q3 2016 | 25,400 | 4,000 | 8,700 | 9,600 | 700 | 80 | 2,300 |
| Change on year to: | |||||||
| Q3 2016 | -170 | 120 | -290 | 90 | 40 | 10 | -140 |
| % change on year: | |||||||
| Q3 2016 | -0.7% | 3.1% | -3.2% | 1.0% | 6.1% | 8.1% | -5.8% |
Notes:
1. Employment figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred, with the exception of the Scotland Office figures. Change on year rounded to the nearest ten. Percentages are based on unrounded figures.
"2. From Q3 2012 DWP includes CMEC staff. From Q4 2008 Staff, employed in the Child Support Agency within DWP, transferred to the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission ( CMEC). CMEC is an Non-Departmental Public Body. However, CMEC staff were included in the 'Other Civil Service' category as staff have retained their civil service contracts. From Q3 2012 CMEC staff have moved into DWP again."
3. Other Civil Service includes Home Office, Ministry of Justice, Department for Transport, Food Standards Agency (until 31 March 2015), Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Business, Innovation and Skills, Energy and Climate Change, Chancellor's Other Departments and Other Cabinet Office Agencies.
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.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Labour-Market/PublicSectorEmployment
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