Table 2: Public sector employment by National Accounts Sector Classification; Scotland, Headcount
Not Seasonally Adjusted
| Total Public Sector | National Accounts Central Government Category | Local Government | Public Corporations | Public Sector Financial Institutions |
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Civil Service | NHS | Other Public Bodies | Armed Forces | Total Central Government |
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Q1 1999 | 527,300 | 48,000 | 129,000 | 14,100 | 14,800 | 205,800 | 293,400 | 28,000 | |
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Q1 2007 | 579,900 | 50,500 | 153,400 | 18,800 | 12,600 | 235,300 | 320,200 | 24,400 | |
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Q1 2008 | 576,300 | 49,100 | 156,800 | 20,300 | 12,000 | 238,100 | 315,400 | 22,800 | |
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Q1 2009 | 623,100 | 49,900 | 160,700 | 21,200 | 12,000 | 243,700 | 313,200 | 22,500 | 43,600 |
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Q1 2010 | 610,200 | 50,200 | 163,300 | 21,900 | 12,100 | 247,400 | 304,300 | 22,200 | 36,300 |
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Change on year to: |
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Q1 2010 | -12,900 | 300 | 2,600 | 700 | 100 | 3,700 | -8,900 | -300 | -7,400 |
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% change on year: |
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Q1 2010 | -2.1% | 0.6% | 1.6% | 3.4% | 0.4% | 1.5% | -2.9% | -1.3% | -16.8% |
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Source: Quarterly Public Sector Employment series, Scottish Government, Office for National Statistics
Notes:
1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred.
2. Northern Rock classified to public sector from Q4 2007. Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc and Lloyds Banking Group plc classified to the public sector from Q4 2008.
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.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Labour-Market/PublicSectorEmployment