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Publication - Statistics

Scottish Government workforce information 2016

Published
15 March 2017
Directorate
Constitution Directorate
Topic
Public sector
ISBN
9781786528469

Statistics on the Scottish Government’s workforce for each quarter from 2012 up to the most recent quarter at the end of 2016.

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Annex E: Additional tables Table C1: Headcount of directly employed staff

Year Quarter to end: Head count of directly employed staff Total headcount of directly employed staff
Permanent Temporary
Permanent Paid Parental leave 2 Outward second-ment Fixed term 3 (with competition 4) Total permanent Fixed term (without competition 4) Fixed term student placement Modern apprentice Total temporary
2012 Mar 5 4,931 50 45 33 5,059 113 10 17 140 5,199
Jun 5 4,817 43 40 27 4,927 123 14 20 157 5,084
Sep 4,764 37 41 52 4,894 109 17 20 146 5,040
Dec 4,788 43 44 60 4,935 122 17 27 166 5,101
2013 Mar 4,801 48 44 62 4,955 123 19 30 172 5,127
Jun 4,745 35 45 60 4,885 119 25 38 182 5,067
Sep 4,794 45 47 63 4,949 109 34 48 191 5,140
Dec 4,850 59 48 58 5,015 118 26 47 191 5,206
2014 Mar 4,913 53 43 54 5,063 125 47 59 231 5,294
Jun 4,934 49 44 51 5,078 139 48 55 242 5,320
Sep 5,001 56 46 43 5,146 131 33 54 218 5,364
Dec 5,025 52 44 52 5,173 156 31 56 243 5,416
2015 Mar 5,011 41 50 47 5,149 149 21 63 233 5,382
Jun 4,855 38 50 39 4,982 136 35 66 237 5,219
Sep 4,925 52 55 39 5,071 145 24 80 249 5,320
Dec 4,966 47 55 37 5,105 142 20 81 243 5,348
2016 Mar 5,001 35 54 60 5,150 139 23 73 235 5,385
Jun 5,010 49 51 91 5,201 119 37 59 215 5,416
Sep 5,003 47 54 103 5,207 105 17 60 182 5,389
Dec 5,026 34 54 111 5,225 110 8 47 165 5,390

1. Paid parental leave refers to those on paid maternity, adoption, or shared parental leave.

2. These are included within the permanent category for the purposes of this publication. See notes for further details.

3. Competition refers to competition for the position at recruitment.

4. Note that numbers for the quarter ending March 2012 are 13 lower, and quarter ending June 2012 are 12 lower than the Office for National Statistics' ( ONS) Public Sector Employment numbers. This is because the ONS figures included staff from the Parole Board (Scotland). The Parole Board staff are excluded here as this publication only covers those in core Scottish Government directorates.

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