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Public Sector Employment
As at Quarter 1 (Q1) 2008 there were 576,500 people employed within the public sector in Scotland. This was a decrease of 3,200 since the previous year and an increase of 49,200 since 1999. In Q1 2008 the number of people employed in the private sector was 1,965,700. This is an increase of 12,500 on the previous year and an increase of 211,300 since 1999. Public sector employment accounted for 22.7% of total employment in Q1 2008 which is down by 0.2 percentage points since previous year and down by 0.4 percentage points since 1999.
In Q1 2008 public sector employment in Scotland consisted of Local Government including police and fire and related services (54.7%), NHS (27.2%), Civil Service (8.5%), Public Corporations (4.1%), Non Departmental Public Bodies (2.7%) and Armed Forces (2.1%).
Source: Public Sector Employment in Scotland, Scottish Government
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