Public sector employment in Scotland: statistics for third quarter 2019

A snapshot of public sector employment as at September 2019.


Table 3: Total devolved public sector employment by sector; Scotland, Headcount 1,4

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Total Devolved Public Sector NHS Civil Service Police and Fire Services2 Further Education Colleges3 Other Public Bodies Local Government2 Public Corporations
Q3 1999 471,800 129,700 14,600 - 15,700 8,600 294,000 9,000
Q3 2013 499,800 157,400 16,800 29,800 13,500 14,100 247,000 22,000
Q3 2014 502,500 159,700 17,300 28,800 13,500 14,300 247,000 22,000
Q3 2015 503,000 160,900 18,000 28,200 13,800 14,300 245,000 22,000
Q3 2016 501,100 161,800 16,800 28,100 14,000 15,600 242,000 23,000
Q3 2017 r 503,300 162,700 17,200 27,700 13,500 15,600 243,000 23,000
Q3 2018 r 489,900 162,900 17,800 27,600 13,800 16,200 243,000 8,000
Q3 2019 504,500 164,800 20,300 28,100 13,900 16,000 253,000 9,000
Change on year to:
Q3 2019 14,600 1,860 2,510 550 110 -130 9,670 50
% change on year:
Q3 2019 3.0% 1.1% 14.1% 2.0% 0.8% -0.8% 4.0% 0.5%

r = revision due to inclusion of newly classified organisation.

Notes:

1. Employment figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred, with the exception of local government and public corporation figures which are rounded to the nearest thousand; change on year rounded to the nearest ten; percentages are based on unrounded figures. "-" denotes blank entries. Totals may not equal the sum of individual parts due to rounding.

2. Police and Fire Reform: From Q2 2013 Police and Fire Services have been reclassified as central government rather than local government (as their predecessors were). All police staff are employed by the Scottish Police Authority (SPA) whether deployed with the SPA or with the Police Service of Scotland.

3. Information for further education colleges in Scotland is based on collected information from Q4 2010. The method used to create the back series is detailed in the background notes of this publication.

4. For further information on interpreting these series, see the series reclassification guide or background notes of the publication.

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