Public Sector Employment in Scotland Statistics for 3rd Quarter 2023

Reserved Public Sector Employment in Scotland; Headcount

The reserved public sector employment includes:

• Reserved Civil Service
• Armed Forces
• Other Public Sector (which covers Public Sector Financial Institutions, Non-Departmental Bodies and Other Bodies)

The number of people employed in the reserved public sector in September 2023 was 57,000. This was 1,090 (1.9%) higher than in September 2022.

Figure 6: Reserved Civil Service employs the largest number of people in the reserved Public Sector

Breakdown of Reserved Public Sector employment (Headcount) in Scotland as at September 2023

Source: Public Sector Employment in Scotland, Quarter 3 2023.

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

The increase over the year in the overall reserved public sector headcount was due to the following changes (changes are given from September 2022 to September 2023):

• employment in Other Public Sector increased by 760 (3.7%) to 21,400
• employment in Reserved Civil Service increased by 530 (2.1%) to 25,300

while:

• employment in Armed Forces decreased by 200 (-1.9%) to 10,300

Figure 7: ‘Other Public Sector’ has the largest percentage increase over the year in the Reserved public sector

Change in Reserved Public Sector employment (Headcount) in Scotland from September 2022 to September 2023

Source: Public Sector Employment in Scotland, Quarter 3 2023.