Public sector employment in Scotland: statistics for fourth quarter 2020
Statistics 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 2020.
Table 2: Public sector employment by devolved and reserved sector; Scotland, Headcount and Full-time equivalent
Footnote 1
Not Seasonally Adjusted
| Headcount | Full-time equivalent | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Public Sector | Devolved Public Sector2 | Reserved Public Sector3 | Total Public Sector | Devolved Public Sector2 | Reserved Public Sector3 | |
| Q4 1999 | 551,200 | 474,500 | 76,700 | 460,300 | 387,200 | 73,100 |
| Q4 2014 | 561,100 | 503,700 | 57,400 | 480,500 | 426,800 | 53,600 |
| Q4 2015 | 560,900 | 503,400 | 57,600 | 479,700 | 425,800 | 53,900 |
| Q4 2016 | 558,600 | 502,000 | 56,600 | 477,900 | 424,700 | 53,200 |
| Q4 2017 | 558,500 | 502,800 | 55,700 | 479,400 | 427,100 | 52,400 |
| Q4 2018 | 551,700 | 496,900 | 54,800 | 471,600 | 420,000 | 51,600 |
| Q4 2019 r | 561,300 | 505,000 | 56,300 | 480,100 | 427,200 | 53,000 |
| Q4 2020 | 573,200 | 518,700 | 54,600 | 493,100 | 441,600 | 51,500 |
| Change on year to: | ||||||
| Q4 2020 | 11,970 | 13,690 | -1,720 | 12,990 | 14,480 | -1,490 |
| % change on year: | ||||||
| Q4 2020 | 2.1% | 2.7% | -3.1% | 2.7% | 3.4% | -2.8% |
r - due to minor revisions to data
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. Totals may not equal the sum of individual parts due to rounding.
2. Devolved Public Sector consists of the following staff groups: Civil Service, Other Public Bodies, NHS, Further Education Colleges, Local Government and Public Corporations (as shown in Table 3).
3. Reserved Public Sector consists of the following staff groups: Civil Service, Public Bodies, Armed Forces, Public Corporations, Public Sector Financial Institutions (as shown in Table 5).
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