Question reference: S5W-03110
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 22 September 2016 Registered interest
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Current status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 6 October 2016
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the number of jobs in Scotland’s retail sector.
Answer
The following table shows the number of jobs in the Scottish retail sector from
2009 - 2015.
The figures are the latest retail jobs figures as published by the Office for National Statistics on Wednesday 28 September.
Table 1: Retail Jobs, Scotland, 2009 to 2015
|
Year |
Full-time employee jobs |
Part-time employee jobs |
Working proprietors |
All Retail Jobs |
|
2009 |
98,300 |
140,900 |
12,100 |
251,300 |
|
2010 |
95,300 |
142,600 |
8,500 |
246,400 |
|
2011 |
93,000 |
144,600 |
12,900 |
250,500 |
|
2012 |
87,400 |
142,000 |
11,500 |
241,000 |
|
2013 |
89,500 |
139,100 |
12,400 |
241,000 |
|
2014 |
100,200 |
144,400 |
9,000 |
253,600 |
|
2015 |
101,500 |
134,300 |
8,700 |
244,400 |
Source: Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES) Office for National Statistics