Public sector employment in Scotland: statistics for third quarter 2019

A snapshot of public sector employment as at September 2019.


Table 8: Total reserved public sector employment by sector; Scotland, Full-time equivalent 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 71,200 32,000 15,000 5,500 18,700 - 24,200
Q3 2013 91,000 24,900 11,100 9,400 16,000 29,600 55,000
Q3 2014 r 54,200 23,100 9,800 * * * 21,200
Q3 2015 r 53,600 23,200 9,800 * * * 20,600
Q3 2016 r 53,500 23,100 10,000 * * * 20,400
Q3 2017 r 52,900 23,400 9,800 * * * 19,700
Q3 2018 r 51,900 22,700 9,700 * * * 19,500
Q3 2019 53,600 22,300 9,700 * * * 21,700
Change on year to:
Q3 2019 1,720 -430 0 n/a n/a n/a 2,140
% change on year:
Q3 2019 3.3% -1.9% 0.0% n/a n/a n/a 11.0%

r = revision due to organisation reclassified into Civil Service.

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. 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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