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The Scottish Abstract of Statistics No 26,1998
Table 6B5 Non-industrial Civil Servants, 1 April 1985, 1993-1997

(full-time equivalents1)

 

1985

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

 
Total

48,190

48,170

47,210

43,670

42,760

42,040

Customs and Excise

2,070

1,660

1,690

1,570

1,510

1,360

Defence

6,670

6,920

7,030

6,530

6,170

6,190

Education & Employment 2

..

..

..

..

3,500

2,960

Employment group 2, 3

6,500

5,240

5,020

4,000

..

..

Environment (inc PSA & Transport) 2, 4

1,850

1,230

720

630

860

890

DH/DSS 5

8,480

8,060

8,590

8,600

9,050

9,370

Inland Revenue

6,840

6,840

6,340

6,030

5,770

5,690

National Savings

3,090

2,510

2,400

2,170

1,910

1,770

The Scottish Office 6

8,940

5,740

5,590

5,150

4,670

4,620

Scottish Prison Service

..

4,590

4,550

4,160

4,440

4,510

Other Scottish departments 7

3,030

3,770

3,540

3,350

3,330

3,330

Other departments

1,720

1,560

1,440

1,500

1,550

1,350

Total as percent of all Civil Servants 8

9.8

9.5

9.4

9.2

9.3

9.6

Source: Cabinet Office

1 Part-time staff are counted as a proportion of net conditioned hours worked.
2 On 5 July 1995 a new department, the Department for Education and Employment was formed with staff from Employment (Main), Employment Service and the Department for Education. Responsibility for the Health and Safety Executive moved from the Employment Department to the Department of the Environment and responsibility for the Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service moved from the Employment Department to the Department of Trade and Industry.
3 Including Employment, Manpower Services Commission/Training Agency, Arbitration, Conciliation and Advisory Service and Health and Safety Commission/Executive.
4 From 1 April 1996 the remaining staff of PSA Services were transferred to the Department of the Environment.
5 In July 1988, the Department of Health and Social Security split into the Department of Health and the Department of Social Security. Department of Health has no staff in Scotland.
6 Royal Scottish Museum has been excluded from The Scottish Office since 1985. Prior to 1992 includes Scottish Prison Service.
7 Including Scottish Record Office, Crown Office (Scotland) was absorbed into several other departments on 1 April 1981.
8 At 1 April 1997 there were, in addition 3,750 industrial civil servants in Scotland, representing 10.4 per cent of all industrial staff: of those 3,430 were in MOD and 310 in The Scottish Office.
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