Public sector employment in Scotland: statistics for third quarter 2018

A snapshot of public sector employment up to September 2018.


Table 5: Total reserved public sector employment by sector; Scotland, Headcount

Total Reserved
Public Sector
Civil Service Public Bodies Armed Forces Public Corporations2 Public Sector
Financial Institutions2
Public Corporations & Public Sector Financial Institutions2,3,4 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 2012 96,800 28,700 10,000 11,000 17,900 29,200 47,100 49,000
Q3 2013 97,900 27,600 9,700 11,100 17,300 32,300 49,500 47,700
Q3 2014 r 58,000 25,400 9,600 9,800 * * 13,200 44,200
Q3 2015 r 57,200 25,300 10,000 9,800 * * 12,100 43,300
Q3 2016 r 57,100 25,200 9,900 10,200 * * 11,900 43,500
Q3 2017 r 56,500 25,400 9,800 10,000 * * 11,300 43,300
Q3 2018 55,400 24,700 10,300 9,900 * * 10,500 42,900
Change on year to:
Q3 2018 -1,070 -710 480 -60 n/a n/a -770 -400
% change on year:
Q3 2018 -1.9% -2.8% 4.9% -0.6% n/a n/a -6.8% -0.9%

r = revision due to a number of reserved bodies which have been added to the series (see footnotes below for full information).

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. Totals may not equal the sum of individual parts due to rounding.

2. Due to the reclassification from the public sector to the private sector of Lloyds Banking Group plc. (Q1 2014), Royal Mail Group plc. (Q4 2013) and Direct Line Group (Q3 2013), 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. Public Corporations and Public Sector Financial Institutions includes British Wool Marketing Board from Q3 2009, The Oil and Pipeline Agency from Q1 2013, Medical Research Council Technology from Q1 2016, Awe Management Ltd from Q1 2014, NPL Management LtD from Q2 2017 and Shared Services Connect Limted from Q4 2015 to Q2 2017.

5. Public Bodies include Oil and Gas Authority from Q2 2015 and Information Commissioner's Office from Q1 2015.

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