Statistics Publication Notice: Public Sector Employment in Scotland: Statistics for 1st Quarter 2008

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1. Number of people employed by main sector; Scotland 1999 to 2008 1,2,3

Not Seasonally Adjusted, Headcount

Total

Public Sector

Private Sector

% Public Sector

Labour Force Survey Employment 4

Annual Change

Level 5

Annual Change

Level 5

Annual Change

Q1

1999

2,282,000

~

527,300

~

1,754,300 r

~

23.1%

Q2

1999

2,284,000

~

527,400

~

1,756,800 r

~

23.1%

Q3

1999

2,313,000

~

528,200

~

1,785,000 r

~

22.8%

Q4

1999

2,306,000

~

532,900

~

1,773,100

~

23.1%

Q1

2000

2,290,000

8,000

531,700

4,400

1,757,800 r

3,400 r

23.2%

Q2

2000

2,341,000

56,000 r

531,700

4,300

1,808,800 r

52,000 r

22.7%

Q3

2000

2,358,000 r

45,000 r

530,500

2,300

1,827,500 r

42,500 r

22.5%

Q4

2000

2,367,000

61,000

533,000

100

1,834,100 r

61,000 r

22.5%

Q1

2001

2,344,000

55,000 r

533,200

1,400

1,810,900 r

53,200 r

22.7%

Q2

2001

2,353,000

13,000 r

534,600

2,900

1,818,700 r

9,900 r

22.7%

Q3

2001

2,360,000 r

2,000r

534,600

4,200

1,825,700 r

-1,800 r

22.7%

Q4

2001

2,338,000 r

-29,000 r

541,100

8,100

1,796,600 r

-37,500 r

23.1%

Q1

2002

2,331,000

-14,000 r

541,300

8,200

1,789,300 r

-21,700 r

23.2%

Q2

2002

2,349,000 r

-5,000 r

544,100

9,500

1,804,400 r

-14,300 r

23.2%

Q3

2002

2,374,000 r

14,000 r

545,100

10,400

1,829,200 r

3,500 r

23.0%

Q4

2002

2,395,000 r

58,000 r

549,800

8,700

1,845,400 r

48,900 r

23.0%

Q1

2003

2,398,000 r

67,000 r

552,100

10,700

1,845,900 r

56,600 r

23.0%

Q2

2003

2,407,000 r

58,000 r

557,100

12,900

1,849,900 r

45,500 r

23.1%

Q3

2003

2,413,000 r

39,000

557,500

12,400

1,856,000 r

26,800 r

23.1%

Q4

2003

2,405,000 r

10,000 r

563,800

14,000

1,841,700 r

-3,700 r

23.4%

Q1

2004

2,421,000 r

23,000 r

566,800

14,800

1,853,700 r

7,800 r

23.4%

Q2

2004

2,448,000 r

41,000 r

570,400

13,400

1,877,500 r

27,600 r

23.3%

Q3

2004

2,460,000 r

47,000 r

572,100

14,600

1,888,200 r

32,200 r

23.3%

Q4

2004

2,454,000 r

48,000 r

576,600

12,800

1,877,000 r

35,300 r

23.5%

Q1

2005

2,447,000 r

26,000 r

576,400

9,500

1,870,600 r

17,000 r

23.6%

Q2

2005

2,454,000 r

6,000 r

580,600

10,100

1,873,200 r

-4,300 r

23.7%

Q3

2005

2,468,000 r

8,000 r

581,600

9,500

1,886,400 r

-1,800 r

23.6%

Q4

2005

2,462,000 r

8,000 r

584,500

8,000

1,877,200 r

100 r

23.7%

Q1

2006

2,468,000 r

21,000 r

585,500

9,200

1,882,400 r

11,700 r

23.7%

Q2

2006

2,465,000 r

12,000

584,600 r

4,000 r

1,880,700 r

7,500

23.7%

Q3

2006

2,497,000 r

29,000 r

581,100 r

-500 r

1,916,000 r

29,600 r

23.3%

Q4

2006

2,526,000 r

64,000 r

581,900 r

-2,700 r

1,944,000 r

66,900 r

23.0%

Q1

2007

2,533,000 r

65,000 r

579,700 r

-5,800 r

1,953,100 r

70,800 r

22.9%

Q2

2007

2,544,000 r

79,000 r

577,300 r

-7,200 r

1,967,100 r

86,400 r

22.7%

Q3

2007

2,548,000 r

51,000 r

575,500 r

-5,600 r

1,972,900 r

56,900 r

22.6%

Q4

2007

2,538,000 r

12,000 r

578,100 r

-3,700 r

1,959,600 r

15,600 r

22.8%

Q1

2008

2,542,000

9,000

576,500

-3,200

1,965,700

12,500

22.7%

Sources:

Labour Force Survey
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. Public sector figures include estimates for NHS. 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.
2. Where quarterly data are not available the data are estimated from available data. More information can be found in background note 3.
3. Data based on National Accounts definition. For more information see background note 4.
4. LFS figures are rounded to the nearest thousand. Q1 data based on Feb - April quarter. Q2 data based on May - July quarter. Q3 data based on Aug - Oct quarter. Q4 data based on Nov - Jan quarter.
5. Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred.
r. Figures have been revised since previous publication. For more information see background note 18.

Page updated: Tuesday, June 10, 2008