Public Sector Employment in Scotland Statistics for 1st Quarter 2012
The statistics in this release are based on administrative records and surveys of individual public sector bodies carried out by the Scottish Government and the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The publication includes information on public sector employment in Scotland with distinctions made for employment in devolved bodies and reserved bodies (located in Scotland).
Table 1: Number of people employed by public and private sector; Scotland, Headcount
Not Seasonally Adjusted
| Total Employment | Private Sector | Public Sector | Public Sector Excluding public sector financial institutions |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level | Level | Percentage of total employment | Level | Percentage of total employment | Level | Percentage of total employment | |
| Q1 1999 | 2,228,000 | 1,683,200 | 75.5% | 545,100 | 24.5% | 545,100 | 24.5% |
| Q1 2006 | 2,461,000 | 1,858,500 | 75.5% | 602,400 | 24.5% | 602,400 | 24.5% |
| Q1 2007 | 2,540,000 | 1,942,200 | 76.5% | 597,800 | 23.5% | 597,800 | 23.5% |
| Q1 2008 | 2,554,000 | 1,959,100 | 76.7% | 595,000 | 23.3% | 595,000 | 23.3% |
| Q1 2009 | 2,508,000 | 1,866,700 | 74.4% | 641,400 | 25.6% | 597,700 | 23.8% |
| Q1 2010 | 2,408,000 | 1,783,300 | 74.1% | 624,900 | 25.9% | 588,600 | 24.4% |
| Q1 2011 | 2,472,000 | 1,859,600 | 75.2% | *612,400 | 24.8% | 577,800 | 23.4% |
| Q1 2012 | 2,453,000 | 1,868,200 | 76.2% | 584,800 | 23.8% | 552,300 | 22.5% |
| Change on year to: | |||||||
| Q1 2012 | -19,000 | 8,600 | -27,600 | -25,500 | |||
| % change on year: | |||||||
| Q1 2012 | -0.8% | 0.5% | -4.5% | -4.4% | |||
Notes:
1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred. Total employment has been rounded to the nearest thousand.
2. Public sector financial institutions include Northern Rock (classified to the public sector from Q4 2007), Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc and Lloyds Banking Group plc (both classified to the public sector from Q4 2008).
* Estimates for Q1 2011 include 6,700 temporary staff recruited to carry out the 2011 census
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
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