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Wednesday, 13 June 2007 |
New figures released by the Scottish Executive today show that there were 580,500 people employed in the public sector in the first quarter of 2007, and 1,943,800 people employed in the private sector.
Public sector employment has decreased by 4,900, or 0.8 per cent, since the first quarter a year ago, but has increased by 53,100 - 10.1 per cent - since the same period in 1999, with the largest increase being within local government – there has been an increase of 26,900 in the sector, which includes education services, social work services and fire and police services.
Local government accounts for over half, 55.2 per cent, of public sector employment in Scotland, with the NHS accounting for 26.3 per cent and the civil service 8.7 per cent. Public corporations account for 4.4 per cent, Non Departmental Public Bodies represent 2.5 per cent and armed forces 2.3 per cent.
The public sector currently accounts for 23.0 percent of employment in Scotland which has decreased from 23.8 percent in Q1 2006, and is also lower, as a percentage than it was in 1999’s first quarter, when it was 23.1 per cent.
There are 229,900 people in full-time equivalent employment in local government, which comprises 57,500 teachers, 35,100 other education staff, 45,600 social work staff and 91,700 other staff. The employment in police and related services was 23,600 and total employment in fire and related services was 5,700.
The number of teachers employed within local government has increased by 6.0 per cent since the first quarter of 1999 and by 0.6 per cent since the first quarter of 2006. Other education staff within local government, such as classroom assistants, music instructors, laboratory assistants, library staff, clerical staff has increased by 49.9 per cent since 1999, but decreased by 2.7 per cent since the same period in 2006.
The number of police and related services staff has increased by 19.3 per cent since the first quarter of 1999 and by 0.6 per cent since that quarter in 2006. The number of fire and related services staff has increased by 3.9 per cent since 1999, but decreased by 0.8 per cent since last year.
The number of social work staff working within local government has increased by 30.5 per cent since 1999, and by 2.3 per cent since 2006.
The report also shows that the total number of full-time equivalent civil servants employed in Scotland was 47,500 in the first quarter of 2007. This is an increase of 3.4 per cent since 1999 but represents a decrease of 2.9 per cent since the first quarter of 2006.
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