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 10: Reserved civil service employment; Scotland, Full-time equivalent 1,2

Footnote 1,2

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Reserved Civil Service
Total Reserved Civil Service Ministry of Defence HM Revenue and Customs Department for Work and Pensions Department for International Development Scotland Office Other Civil Service
Q4 2014 23,000 3,900 7,200 8,800 600 80 2,400
Q4 2015 23,200 3,800 7,800 8,600 600 70 2,400
Q4 2016 23,400 3,900 8,000 8,500 700 70 2,200
Q4 2017 23,300 4,000 7,800 8,400 800 70 2,300
Q4 2018 22,600 4,000 7,300 7,900 900 80 2,500
Q4 2019 22,100 4,000 7,200 7,200 900 90 2,600
Q4 2020 22,300 4,000 6,900 7,600 1,000 90 2,800
Change on year to:              
Q4 2020 270 -10 -310 320 30 0 230
% change on year:
Q4 2020 1.2% -0.2% -4.3% 4.4% 3.4% 0.0% 8.8%

Notes:

1. Employment figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred, with the exception of the Scotland Office figures, which have been rounded to the nearest ten. 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. For further information on interpreting these series, see the series reclassification guide or background notes of the publication.

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