Public sector employment in Scotland: statistics for third quarter 2019

A snapshot of public sector employment as at September 2019.


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

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Total Reserved Public Sector Civil Service Armed Forces Public Bodies2 Public Corporations2 Public Sector Financial Institutions2 Other Public Sector2
Q3 1999 74,700 33,900 15,000 5,900 19,900 - 25,800
Q3 2013 97,900 27,600 11,100 9,700 17,300 32,300 59,200
Q3 2014 r 58,000 25,700 9,800 * * * 22,500
Q3 2015 r 57,200 25,600 9,800 * * * 21,800
Q3 2016 r 57,000 25,500 10,000 * * * 21,500
Q3 2017 r 56,300 25,700 9,800 * * * 20,800
Q3 2018 r 55,200 25,000 9,700 * * * 20,500
Q3 2019 57,000 24,600 9,700 * * * 22,800
Change on year to:
Q3 2019 1,820 -430 0 n/a n/a n/a 2,250
% change on year:
Q3 2019 3.3% -1.7% 0.0% n/a n/a n/a 11.0%

r = revision due to organisation reclassified into Civil Service.

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. Public corporations, public sector financial institutions and public bodies, have been combined into 'other public sector' to ensure individual organisation figures are not disclosed.

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

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