Scottish Government

 

Welcome to the Public Sector Employment (PSE) Statistics websection

This websection provides access to all the latest Public Sector Employment statistics which are published quarterly. The latest statistics cover the period Q1 2013 and were updated at 9.30 am on the 12^th June 2013.

The PSE statistics provide useful information on the level and structure of public sector employment in Scotland.

National Statistics Publication Notice

The latest National Statistics Publication Notice presenting the key public sector trends can be found at the following link:

Statistics Publication Notice: Public Sector Employment in Scotland: Statistics for 1^st Quarter 2013

Please see the Local Government PSE page for further information on public sector employment in Scottish Local government.

 

Notification of changes to the Public Sector Employment Statistics Series and Websection From the June 2013 publication: Public Sector Employment in Scotland is classed as a Market Sensitive National Statistics.  This brings it into line with the Office For National Statistics Public Sector Employment publication.

 

Notice of revisions to Series in December 2012

SG have been carrying out a review of the defintions of SG Core and Public Bodies used in the publication, as a resultof the review there will be a small revision implemented next quarter to these parts of the public sector.  This will have a small impact on the historical time series.

 

Public Sector Employment Statistics in more detail

More detailed up-to-date information on public sector employment (PSE) with separate summaries for different areas and excel tables with detailed time series can be accessed from the section below 'Public Sector Employment Statistics in more detail' or from the menu on the left. This includes data on Local Government employment from the Joint Staffing Watch Survey.

 

More detailed, up-to-date information on Public Sector Employment can be found at the various links shown below:

Overall public sector employment

This section focuses on overall employment in both:

• public bodies which are the devolved responsibility of the Scottish Government or Scottish Parliament and
• reserved public sector bodies for which the UK Government has ministerial responsibility.

Devolved public sector employment

This section focuses on employment in public bodies which are the devolved responsibility of the Scottish Government or Scottish Parliament.

Reserved public sector employment

This section focuses on the public sector bodies for which the UK Government has ministerial responsibility.

Local government employment for Scotland and by local authority

This section provides information on local government employment in each local authority by staffing group (Police and related staff, Fire and related staff and Other staff). This information is collected in the quarterly Joint Staffing Watch Survey and feeds into the PSE publication.

Link to detailed excel tables

Tables showing complete time series for each quarter from Q1 1999.

Background notes

Technical information covering PSE methodology, concepts and definitions. Information on any revisions made to the series are available in the background notes.

Related Links

Links to:

• Revisions policy
• UK Public Sector Employment
• Regional estimates of public sector employment
• Annual Civil Service statistics