Public sector employment in Scotland: statistics for third quarter 2018

A snapshot of public sector employment up to September 2018.


Table 9: Total reserved public sector employment by sector; Scotland, Full-time equivalent

Total Reserved
Public Sector
Civil Service Public Bodies Armed Forces Public Corporations2 Public Sector
Financial Institutions2
Public Corporations & Public Sector Financial Institutions2,3,4
Q3 1999 71,200 32,000 5,500 15,000 18,700 - 18,700
Q3 2012 90,000 26,000 9,600 11,000 16,500 26,800 43,300
Q3 2013 r 91,000 24,900 9,400 11,100 16,000 29,600 45,600
Q3 2014 r 54,200 22,900 9,300 9,800 * * 12,200
Q3 2015 r 53,600 22,900 9,600 9,800 * * 11,300
Q3 2016 r 53,700 22,900 9,600 10,200 * * 11,100
Q3 2017 r 53,100 23,100 9,500 10,000 * * 10,600
Q3 2018 52,200 22,400 10,000 9,900 * * 9,900
Change on year to:
Q3 2018 -950 -680 480 -60 n/a n/a -680
% change on year:
Q3 2018 -1.8% -3.0% 5.1% -0.6% n/a n/a -6.5%

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

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. 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. 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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