Public Sector Employment in Scotland: Statistics for 4th Quarter 2005

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2. Public Sector Employment by Sector; Headcount 1,2,3,4

Armed Forces 5

Civil Servants

Public Corporations 6,7

NDPB's 6

NHS8

Police and Related Services

Fire and Related Services

Total Local Government
excluding Police & Fire

Total 6,7,9

Q1

1999

14,800

48,300

28,800

8,700

129,000

20,400

5,600

267,400

524,600

Q2

1999

14,900

48,400

28,700

8,800

129,100

20,500

5,600

267,000

524,500

Q3

1999

15,000

48,400

28,500

8,800

129,700

20,100

5,600

267,400

525,300

Q4

1999

15,100

48,400

30,400

8,900

129,800

20,100

5,600

270,100

530,100

Q1

2000

15,100

48,300

28,400

9,000

129,800

20,000

5,700

270,800

528,900

Q2

2000

15,100

48,300

28,700

9,100

129,900

20,100

5,600

270,200

528,900

Q3

2000

15,000

48,300

28,900

9,200

130,100

20,200

5,600

268,300

527,400

Q4

2000

14,900

48,300

30,600

9,300

130,400

20,200

5,600

268,800

530,000

Q1

2001

14,700

48,500

31,700

9,000

130,800

20,500

5,600

269,900

532,600

Q2

2001

14,500

48,800

30,200

9,000

131,400

20,600

5,600

269,700

531,600

Q3

2001

14,200

49,100

29,100

8,900

132,100

20,600

5,700

270,000

531,900

Q4

2001

13,900

49,400

30,600

8,900

133,100

20,700

5,600

273,300

537,600

Q1

2002

13,600

49,700

29,200

7,700

134,200

20,900

5,500

274,500

537,600

Q2

2002

13,500

49,800

29,100

8,100

135,500

21,000

5,500

274,700

539,400

Q3

2002

13,400

49,900

28,400

8,500

136,800

21,100

5,500

274,900

540,800

Q4

2002

13,500

50,000

29,700

8,800

138,100

21,200

5,600

277,500

546,700

Q1

2003

13,600

50,200

28,500

8,800

139,400

22,100

5,500

278,200

548,700

Q2

2003

13,800

50,700

28,400

9,400

140,600

21,700

5,600

280,300

552,700

Q3

2003

14,000

51,200

28,300

9,700

141,700

21,700

5,600

279,400

554,000

Q4

2003

14,100

51,800

28,900

9,900

142,600

21,900

5,700

283,000

560,200

Q1

2004

14,100

52,400 r

27,300

10,000

143,400

22,400

5,700

285,600

563,100

Q2

2004

14,200

52,700

28,700

10,500

143,800

22,700

5,600

287,000

567,400

Q3

2004

14,100

52,600

30,100

10,900

144,100 r

22,700

5,700

286,800

569,200

Q4

2004

13,900

52,200

31,500

11,400

145,400

23,000

5,600

289,000

574,100

Q1

2005

13,300

51,500

29,600

11,600

146,300

23,300

5,700

289,000

572,600

Q2

2005

13,200

51,500

29,200

12,500

147,300

23,500

5,700

291,900

577,000

Q3

2005

12,900

51,900

29,400

12,400

148,000 r

23,700

5,700

291,700

577,800

Q4

2005

13,100

51,800

29,800

12,300

149,000

24,000

5,700

292,400

580,300

Sources:

Joint Staffing Watch Survey
Information Services Division, NHS National Services Scotland
Quarterly Public Sector Employees Survey
Inter-Departmental Business Register, Office for National Statistics
Ministry of Defence
HM Revenue and Customs
Department for Work and Pensions
Department for International Development
Civil Service Statistics

Notes:

1. All figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred

2. Totals may not add to the sum of the parts due to rounding

3. Data based on National Accounts definition. For more information see background note 2

4. Where quarterly data are not available the data are estimated from available data. More information can be found in background note 3

5. Armed Forces data for Q1 2005 refer to April 2005, Q2 2005 data refer to July 2005, Q3 2005 data refer to October 2005 and Q4 2005 data refer to January 2006.

6. Estimates have been revised for every quarter due to improved coverage of organisations and classification changes. More information can be found in background note 5 and 11.

7. The BBC has been reclassified from a Pubic Corporation to Central Government. The BBC has been removed from the Public Corporation series for all time points.

The BBC has been included in the total public sector estimate but is not included in any individual sector breakdown. More information can be found in background note 11

8. NHS quarterly workforce data are estimates based on the time series of actual annual data. Estimated data will be revised in future publications with the actual figures. For more information see background note 6

9. Data for the Scottish Parliament, the Scottish Business Ombudsman and the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator are included in the total public sector but are not included in any individual sector breakdown.

r. Figures have been revised since previous publication. For more information see background note 16.

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