PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT IN SCOTLAND STATISTICS FOR 4th QUARTER 2015
The statistics in this release are based on administrative records and surveys of individual public sector bodies carried out by the Scottish Government and the Office for National Statistics (ONS). This is a snapshot of employment as at December 2015. The publication includes information on public sector employment in Scotland with distinctions made for employment in devolved bodies and reserved bodies (located in Scotland).
Table 6: Devolved civil service employment; Scotland, Headcount
Not Seasonally Adjusted
| Devolved Civil Service | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Devolved Civil Service | Scottish Government Core Directorates (excluding Agencies) | Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal | Scottish Government Agencies2,3 | Non-Ministerial Departments | |
| Q4 2009 | 17,500 | 5,700 | 1,900 | 8,200 | 1,700 |
| Q4 2010 | 17,700 | 5,600 | 1,800 | 6,700 | 3,600 |
| Q4 2011 | 16,600 | 5,200 | 1,700 | 6,500 | 3,100 |
| Q4 2012 | 16,400 | 5,100 | 1,700 | 6,700 | 3,000 |
| Q4 2013 | 16,700 | 5,200 | 1,700 | 6,900 | 2,900 |
| Q4 2014 | 17,300 | 5,400 | 1,700 | 7,200 | 3,000 |
| Q4 2015 | 16,800 | 5,300 | 1,700 | 6,400 | 3,400 |
| Change on year to: | |||||
| Q4 2015 | -500 | -100 | 20 | -800 | 400 |
| % change on year: | |||||
| Q4 2015 | -3.0% | -1.3% | 0.9% | -11.4% | 11.8% |
Notes:
1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred except for the change on year for Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal. Percentages are based on unrounded figures.
2. From Q4 2011, NHS has responsibility for employing Healthcare staff within prisons. Previously, these people were employed directly by the Scottish Prison Service (SPS). In Q2 2012 1,491 & 1062.1 FTE / headcount staff transferred from Highland Council to NHS Highland.
3. The decrease in Scottish Government Agencies is mainly due to Historic Scotland is no longer part of the civil service. In Q4 2015, Historic Scotland merged with the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland to become Historic Environment Scotland, a non-departmental public body.
4. Detailed tables showing a full time series of data - all quarters back to Q1 1999 - are available to download from the Public Sector Employment Websection: http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Labour-Market/PublicSectorEmployment
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