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Question reference: S3W-24259
- Asked by: John Lamont, MSP for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2009
- Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 9 June 2009
Answer
The Scottish Government does not hold information on the number of people employed in the public sector by parliamentary constituency. Information is held on the numbers of people employed in the public sector at the Scotland level. The official source for public sector employment statistics is the Quarterly Public Sector Employment series. The table below shows the number of people employed in the public sector from quarter 1 1999 to quarter 4 2008 (the latest data available). A consistent time series for Scotland is only available back to 1999. Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred.
Number of People Employed in the Public Sector in Scotland, 1999-2008. Not Seasonally Adjusted (Head Count)
| Year and Quarter | Scotland |
| 1999 Q1 | 527,300 |
| 1999 Q2 | 527,400 |
| 1999 Q3 | 528,200 |
| 1999 Q4 | 532,900 |
| 2000 Q1 | 531,700 |
| 2000 Q2 | 531,700 |
| 2000 Q3 | 530,500 |
| 2000 Q4 | 533,000 |
| 2001 Q1 | 533,200 |
| 2001 Q2 | 534,600 |
| 2001 Q3 | 534,600 |
| 2001 Q4 | 541,100 |
| 2002 Q1 | 541,300 |
| 2002 Q2 | 544,100 |
| 2002 Q3 | 545,100 |
| 2002 Q4 | 549,800 |
| 2003 Q1 | 552,100 |
| 2003 Q2 | 557,100 |
| 2003 Q3 | 557,500 |
| 2003 Q4 | 563,800 |
| 2004 Q1 | 566,800 |
| 2004 Q2 | 570,400 |
| 2004 Q3 | 572,000 |
| 2004 Q4 | 576,600 |
| 2005 Q1 | 576,400 |
| 2005 Q2 | 580,600 |
| 2005 Q3 | 581,600 |
| 2005 Q4 | 584,500 |
| 2006 Q1 | 585,500 |
| 2006 Q2 | 584,400 |
| 2006 Q3 | 580,900 |
| 2006 Q4 | 582,000 |
| 2007 Q1 | 579,900 |
| 2007 Q2 | 577,600 |
| 2007 Q3 | 575,500 |
| 2007 Q4 | 578,100 |
| 2008 Q1 | 576,200 |
| 2008 Q2 | 576,300 |
| 2008 Q3 | 576,200 |
| 2008 Q4 | 579,300 |
Source: Quarterly Public Sector Employment Series, Scottish Government, Office for National Statistics.
Note: Data are not seasonally adjusted and therefore comparisons between years should only be made for the same quarter.
Question reference: S3W-24261
- Asked by: John Lamont, MSP for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2009
- Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 9 June 2009
Answer
Information on the number of employee jobs in tourism-related industries is collected each year from the Annual Business Inquiry (ABI), which is the official source of employee jobs data. The ABI is run by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The most recent year for which data is available is 2007. The data is based on employee jobs rather than the number of people in employment (i.e. one person may have more than one job). The ABI does not include self-employed jobs.
Tables 1 and 2 show the number of employee jobs in tourism-related industries by parliamentary constituency in each year since 1997. Due to changes in survey methodology, data for 1997 to 2005 is not directly comparable with data for 2006 to 2007.
Table 1: Employee Jobs in Tourism-Related Industries by Scottish Parliamentary Constituency, 1997-2005
| Parliamentary Constituency | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
| Aberdeen Central | 5,500 | 5,500 | 4,700 | 5,100 | 5,800 | 5,800 | 7,500 | 8,600 | 7,900 |
| Aberdeen North | 2,000 | 1,900 | 2,000 | 1,800 | 1,600 | 1,800 | 1,800 | 2,000 | 1,900 |
| Aberdeen South | 3,700 | 3,400 | 3,100 | 3,300 | 3,900 | 3,700 | 2,300 | 2,400 | 1,900 |
| Airdrie and Shotts | 1,100 | 1,100 | 1,100 | 1,300 | 1,300 | 1,400 | 1,300 | 1,400 | 1,300 |
| Angus | 2,100 | 2,200 | 2,200 | 2,300 | 2,600 | 2,900 | 2,100 | 1,800 | 2,300 |
| Argyll and Bute | 3,400 | 3,100 | 3,200 | 4,000 | 4,100 | 4,000 | 3,500 | 3,800 | 3,900 |
| Ayr | 3,100 | 3,100 | 2,900 | 3,600 | 3,600 | 3,600 | 3,400 | 3,800 | 4,000 |
| Banff and Buchan | 1,700 | 1,900 | 1,600 | 1,900 | 2,100 | 1,900 | 2,200 | 2,600 | 2,100 |
| Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | 1,800 | 2,300 | 1,700 | 2,100 | 1,700 | 1,600 | 2,000 | 2,100 | 2,100 |
| Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | 2,900 | 2,500 | 2,200 | 2,200 | 2,100 | 2,000 | 1,800 | 2,100 | 2,200 |
| Central Fife | 1,500 | 1,800 | 1,800 | 1,700 | 1,300 | 1,700 | 1,800 | 2,000 | 1,700 |
| Clydebank and Milngavie | 1,700 | 1,700 | 1,600 | 1,800 | 1,800 | 1,900 | 1,900 | 1,900 | 2,100 |
| Clydesdale | 1,500 | 1,700 | 1,800 | 1,900 | 1,900 | 2,000 | 1,700 | 1,800 | 1,800 |
| Coatbridge and Chryston | 1,500 | 1,500 | 1,900 | 1,900 | 1,800 | 2,200 | 1,900 | 2,000 | 2,000 |
| Cumbernauld and Kilsyth | 1,300 | 1,300 | 1,300 | 1,400 | 1,400 | 1,500 | 1,400 | 1,500 | 1,500 |
| Cunninghame North | 2,500 | 2,500 | 2,300 | 2,900 | 2,600 | 2,700 | 2,300 | 2,500 | 2,400 |
| Cunninghame South | 1,700 | 1,600 | 1,500 | 2,000 | 1,700 | 2,000 | 1,900 | 2,100 | 2,000 |
| Dumbarton | 2,700 | 2,700 | 2,600 | 3,300 | 3,000 | 2,800 | 2,600 | 3,000 | 3,100 |
| Dumfries | 2,900 | 2,800 | 3,700 | 3,000 | 3,600 | 3,500 | 2,500 | 3,600 | 3,300 |
| Dundee East | 1,600 | 1,700 | 1,900 | 2,100 | 2,300 | 2,500 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,500 |
| Dundee West | 3,600 | 3,100 | 3,200 | 3,100 | 3,700 | 4,000 | 4,000 | 3,100 | 3,500 |
| Dunfermline East | 1,100 | 1,600 | 1,300 | 1,400 | 1,000 | 1,200 | 1,000 | 1,200 | 1,100 |
| Dunfermline West | 2,300 | 2,700 | 2,500 | 2,200 | 1,700 | 2,400 | 2,300 | 2,300 | 2,300 |
| East Kilbride | 2,900 | 2,700 | 2,800 | 3,200 | 3,500 | 3,400 | 2,900 | 2,800 | 3,000 |
| East Lothian | 2,100 | 2,100 | 2,200 | 2,100 | 2,200 | 2,900 | 2,600 | 2,300 | 2,300 |
| Eastwood | 1,400 | 1,400 | 1,400 | 1,500 | 1,700 | 1,700 | 1,700 | 1,900 | 2,000 |
| Edinburgh Central | 9,100 | 8,700 | 9,900 | 9,500 | 11,500 | 12,600 | 12,400 | 11,600 | 11,900 |
| Edinburgh East and Musselburgh | 1,900 | 1,800 | 1,900 | 2,000 | 2,300 | 2,500 | 2,700 | 2,800 | 2,500 |
| Edinburgh North and Leith | 6,700 | 6,900 | 7,600 | 7,700 | 7,900 | 8,900 | 9,000 | 8,400 | 8,400 |
| Edinburgh Pentlands | 1,300 | 1,200 | 1,200 | 1,100 | 1,100 | 1,200 | 1,300 | 1,400 | 1,500 |
| Edinburgh South | 1,700 | 1,800 | 1,800 | 2,100 | 2,300 | 2,500 | 2,300 | 3,100 | 3,600 |
| Edinburgh West | 2,800 | 2,800 | 3,100 | 2,800 | 3,000 | 3,400 | 3,500 | 3,600 | 3,400 |
| Falkirk East | 1,500 | 1,200 | 1,400 | 2,100 | 1,900 | 1,700 | 1,300 | 1,500 | 1,900 |
| Falkirk West | 2,200 | 1,900 | 2,000 | 2,500 | 2,900 | 2,400 | 2,100 | 2,400 | 2,600 |
| Galloway and Upper Nithsdale | 2,200 | 2,300 | 3,200 | 2,600 | 3,200 | 2,700 | 1,900 | 2,700 | 2,500 |
| Glasgow Anniesland | 1,000 | 900 | 1,000 | 1,200 | 1,100 | 1,200 | 1,200 | 1,300 | 1,200 |
| Glasgow Baillieston | 900 | 900 | 1,100 | 1,100 | 1,200 | 1,400 | 700 | 700 | 800 |
| Glasgow Cathcart | 1,000 | 800 | 900 | 900 | 900 | 700 | 800 | 800 | 1,000 |
| Glasgow Govan | 3,200 | 3,300 | 3,500 | 3,700 | 3,800 | 3,700 | 3,400 | 3,300 | 3,300 |
| Glasgow Kelvin | 15,400 | 13,400 | 13,500 | 15,100 | 14,500 | 16,800 | 16,000 | 18,000 | 18,100 |
| Glasgow Maryhill | 1,500 | 1,500 | 1,600 | 2,000 | 1,800 | 1,700 | 1,100 | 900 | 1,100 |
| Glasgow Pollok | 800 | 700 | 800 | 800 | 800 | 800 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,100 |
| Glasgow Rutherglen | 900 | 900 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,100 | 1,000 | 1,100 | 1,100 | 1,200 |
| Glasgow Shettleston | 2,300 | 2,500 | 2,600 | 2,500 | 2,000 | 1,800 | 2,200 | 2,900 | 2,700 |
| Glasgow Springburn | 1,400 | 1,100 | 1,100 | 1,000 | 1,200 | 1,100 | 1,000 | 900 | 900 |
| Gordon | 1,900 | 2,000 | 1,600 | 2,000 | 2,200 | 2,000 | 2,400 | 2,700 | 2,100 |
| Greenock and Inverclyde | 2,500 | 2,200 | 1,700 | 1,900 | 2,000 | 2,100 | 1,800 | 1,800 | 1,900 |
| Hamilton North and Bellshill | 2,200 | 2,000 | 2,200 | 3,100 | 2,900 | 3,100 | 3,100 | 3,700 | 3,900 |
| Hamilton South | 700 | 800 | 1,000 | 900 | 900 | 900 | 1,200 | 1,300 | 1,100 |
| Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber | 7,000 | 7,500 | 6,400 | 7,900 | 6,600 | 5,800 | 6,900 | 7,300 | 7,500 |
| Kilmarnock and Loudoun | 2,000 | 1,900 | 2,000 | 2,400 | 2,200 | 2,200 | 2,100 | 2,100 | 2,400 |
| Kirkcaldy | 1,900 | 2,500 | 2,300 | 2,200 | 1,500 | 2,300 | 2,300 | 2,400 | 2,000 |
| Linlithgow | 1,500 | 1,700 | 1,800 | 1,900 | 2,400 | 2,500 | 3,600 | 2,200 | 2,200 |
| Livingston | 1,600 | 1,600 | 1,900 | 1,700 | 1,900 | 1,800 | 1,900 | 1,800 | 2,100 |
| Midlothian | 1,400 | 1,400 | 1,600 | 1,500 | 1,500 | 1,800 | 1,700 | 1,600 | 1,600 |
| Moray | 2,600 | 2,500 | 2,200 | 2,600 | 2,900 | 2,900 | 3,200 | 3,500 | 2,900 |
| Motherwell and Wishaw | 1,400 | 1,400 | 1,400 | 1,700 | 1,500 | 1,500 | 1,600 | 1,700 | 1,800 |
| North East Fife | 2,900 | 3,600 | 3,400 | 3,300 | 2,200 | 3,300 | 3,400 | 4,200 | 4,100 |
| North Tayside | 3,900 | 3,600 | 3,600 | 4,000 | 4,300 | 4,300 | 3,800 | 3,300 | 4,000 |
| Ochil | 1,700 | 1,900 | 1,800 | 2,300 | 2,200 | 2,300 | 1,800 | 2,200 | 2,100 |
| Orkney and Shetland* | 1,500 | 2,100 | 1,400 | 1,900 | 2,200 | 1,300 | 2,900 | 2,100 | 2,400 |
| Paisley North | 2,200 | 2,100 | 2,500 | 2,800 | 2,700 | 2,900 | 3,100 | 3,400 | 3,400 |
| Paisley South | 1,800 | 1,800 | 1,800 | 2,100 | 1,800 | 1,700 | 1,300 | 1,400 | 1,500 |
| Perth | 4,100 | 4,300 | 4,300 | 4,500 | 4,800 | 4,600 | 4,400 | 4,100 | 5,000 |
| Ross, Skye and Inverness West | 2,900 | 3,500 | 2,800 | 3,600 | 2,700 | 2,400 | 3,100 | 3,300 | 3,500 |
| Roxburgh and Berwickshire | 1,200 | 2,100 | 1,800 | 1,200 | 1,400 | 1,700 | 2,500 | 1,500 | 2,200 |
| Stirling | 3,700 | 3,400 | 3,400 | 4,900 | 4,000 | 3,900 | 3,300 | 3,900 | 4,300 |
| Strathkelvin and Bearsden | 1,400 | 1,400 | 1,400 | 1,700 | 1,500 | 1,600 | 1,400 | 1,600 | 1,600 |
| Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale | 1,700 | 2,500 | 2,300 | 1,600 | 1,900 | 2,300 | 3,500 | 1,800 | 2,800 |
| West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | 2,800 | 2,600 | 2,300 | 2,500 | 2,900 | 2,800 | 3,000 | 3,400 | 2,900 |
| West Renfrewshire | 1,800 | 1,700 | 1,600 | 1,800 | 1,200 | 1,400 | 1,200 | 1,200 | 1,300 |
| Western Isles | 800 | 1,100 | 1,000 | 1,200 | 1,200 | 500 | 1,200 | 800 | 900 |
| Scotland | 178,400 | 179,800 | 178,900 | 193,800 | 194,600 | 200,800 | 199,200 | 205,400 | 209,700 |
Table 2: Employee Jobs in Tourism-Related Industries by Scottish Parliamentary Constituency, 2006-07
| Parliamentary Constituency | 2006 | 2007 |
| Aberdeen Central | 7,400 | 7,900 |
| Aberdeen North | 2,100 | 1,900 |
| Aberdeen South | 2,000 | 2,200 |
| Airdrie and Shotts | 1,400 | 1,300 |
| Angus | 2,300 | 2,300 |
| Argyll and Bute | 4,400 | 4,300 |
| Ayr | 4,500 | 4,600 |
| Banff and Buchan | 2,500 | 2,500 |
| Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | 2,500 | 2,500 |
| Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | 2,600 | 2,600 |
| Central Fife | 1,900 | 1,800 |
| Clydebank and Milngavie | 2,200 | 2,200 |
| Clydesdale | 2,100 | 2,000 |
| Coatbridge and Chryston | 2,100 | 2,400 |
| Cumbernauld and Kilsyth | 1,600 | 1,500 |
| Cunninghame North | 2,500 | 2,700 |
| Cunninghame South | 2,200 | 2,200 |
| Dumbarton | 3,400 | 3,500 |
| Dumfries | 3,800 | 4,200 |
| Dundee East | 2,200 | 2,100 |
| Dundee West | 3,500 | 3,700 |
| Dunfermline East | 1,100 | 1,200 |
| Dunfermline West | 2,500 | 2,800 |
| East Kilbride | 2,900 | 2,800 |
| East Lothian | 2,600 | 2,500 |
| Eastwood | 2,000 | 2,000 |
| Edinburgh Central | 12,100 | 11,900 |
| Edinburgh East and Musselburgh | 2,700 | 2,800 |
| Edinburgh North and Leith | 8,900 | 9,200 |
| Edinburgh Pentlands | 1,600 | 1,400 |
| Edinburgh South | 3,000 | 3,100 |
| Edinburgh West | 3,600 | 3,800 |
| Falkirk East | 1,900 | 1,800 |
| Falkirk West | 2,700 | 2,900 |
| Galloway and Upper Nithsdale | 2,900 | 3,000 |
| Glasgow Anniesland | 1,100 | 1,100 |
| Glasgow Baillieston | 900 | 900 |
| Glasgow Cathcart | 900 | 900 |
| Glasgow Govan | 3,600 | 3,900 |
| Glasgow Kelvin | 18,300 | 18,300 |
| Glasgow Maryhill | 1,100 | 1,100 |
| Glasgow Pollok | 1,600 | 1,600 |
| Glasgow Rutherglen | 1,300 | 1,200 |
| Glasgow Shettleston | 2,700 | 2,300 |
| Glasgow Springburn | 800 | 800 |
| Gordon | 2,400 | 2,600 |
| Greenock and Inverclyde | 2,000 | 2,100 |
| Hamilton North and Bellshill | 3,900 | 4,100 |
| Hamilton South | 1,200 | 1,100 |
| Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber | 8,100 | 8,200 |
| Kilmarnock and Loudoun | 2,300 | 2,400 |
| Kirkcaldy | 2,400 | 2,100 |
| Linlithgow | 2,400 | 2,200 |
| Livingston | 2,200 | 2,300 |
| Midlothian | 1,600 | 1,600 |
| Moray | 3,100 | 3,000 |
| Motherwell and Wishaw | 2,300 | 2,200 |
| North East Fife | 4,400 | 4,500 |
| North Tayside | 3,900 | 4,100 |
| Ochil | 2,100 | 2,200 |
| Orkney and Shetland* | 2,200 | 2,200 |
| Paisley North | 3,400 | 3,500 |
| Paisley South | 1,300 | 1,300 |
| Perth | 5,000 | 4,800 |
| Ross, Skye and Inverness West | 3,900 | 3,900 |
| Roxburgh and Berwickshire | 2,100 | 2,000 |
| Stirling | 4,600 | 4,700 |
| Strathkelvin and Bearsden | 1,700 | 1,700 |
| Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale | 2,400 | 2,200 |
| West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | 3,100 | 2,900 |
| West Renfrewshire | 1,300 | 1,200 |
| Western Isles | 900 | 900 |
| Scotland | 218,300 | 219,900 |
Source: 1998-2007 - Annual Business Inquiry (ABI) (ONS). 1997 - Annual Employment Survey (ONS).
Notes:
1. The reference date for the ABI from 2006 was changed from December to September.
2. Data are rounded to the nearest 100.
3. ABI data are workplace based.
4. Estimates for 1997-2002 are based on the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) 1992 codes whereas estimates for 2003 onwards are based on 2003 SIC codes.
*It has not been possible to analyse Orkney and Shetland separately. The data has been obtained from the Nomis website, as the microdata are not held centrally.
Question reference: S3W-24267
- Asked by: John Lamont, MSP for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2009
- Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 9 June 2009
Answer
Information on the number of employee jobs in the manufacture of distilled potable alcoholic beverages industry is collected each year from the Annual Business Inquiry (ABI), which is the official source of employee jobs data. The ABI is run by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The most recent year for which data is available is 2007. The data is based on employee jobs rather than the number of people in employment (i.e. one person may have more than one job). The ABI does not include self-employed jobs.
The manufacture of distilled potable alcoholic beverages industry includes the manufacture of whisky, brandy, gin, liquers etc. Data specifically on the whisky industry is not available from the ABI.
Tables 1 and 2 show the number of employee jobs in the manufacture of distilled potable alcoholic beverages industry by parliamentary constituency in each year since 1997. Due to changes in survey methodology, data for 1997 to 2005 is not directly comparable with data for 2006 to 2007.
Only one of Scotland''s 73 constituencies is included in the tables. This is because the number of employee jobs in the other 72 is either less than 50 or has been suppressed as potentially disclosive. Data are suppressed under the Statistics Trade Act 1947 where the identity of an enterprise who made a statistical return could be deduced. Figures that are less than 50 would be rounded to zero and hence aren''t included.
Table 1: Employee Jobs in the Manufacture of Distilled Potable Alcoholic Beverages Industry by Scottish Parliamentary Constituency, 1997-2005
| Parliamentary Constituency | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
| Moray | 1,700 | 1,400 | 900 | 800 | 600 | 700 | 800 | 600 | 600 |
| Scotland | 9,900 | 8,900 | 8,600 | 8,000 | 8,200 | 8,900 | 8,700 | 8,000 | 7,800 |
Table 2: Employee Jobs in the Manufacture of Distilled Potable Alcoholic Beverages Industry by Scottish Parliamentary Constituency, 2006-07
| Parliamentary Constituency | 2006 | 2007 |
| Moray | 600 | 700 |
| Scotland | 8,900 | 8,700 |
Source: 1998-2007 - Annual Business Inquiry (ABI) (ONS). 1997 - Annual Employment Survey (ONS).
Notes:
1. The reference date for the ABI from 2006 was changed from December to September.
2. Data are rounded to the nearest 100.
3. ABI data are workplace based.
4. Estimates for 1997-2002 are based on the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) 1992 codes whereas estimates for 2003 onwards are based on 2003 SIC codes.
Question reference: S3W-24268
- Asked by: John Lamont, MSP for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2009
- Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 9 June 2009
Answer
Information on the number of employee jobs in the energy industry is collected each year from the Annual Business Inquiry (ABI), which is the official source of employee jobs data. The ABI is run by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The most recent year for which data is available is 2007. The data is based on employee jobs rather than the number of people in employment (i.e. one person may have more than one job). The ABI does not include self-employed jobs.
Tables 1 and 2 show the number of employee jobs in the energy industry by parliamentary constituency in each year since 1997. Due to changes in survey methodology, data for 1997 to 2005 is not directly comparable with data for 2006 to 2007.
Of Scotland''s 73 constituencies, 60 are not included in the tables. This is because the number of employee jobs is either less than 50 or has been suppressed as potentially disclosive. Data are suppressed under the Statistics Trade Act 1947 where the identity of an enterprise who made a statistical return could be deduced. Figures that are less than 50 would be rounded to zero and hence aren''t included.
Table 1: Employee Jobs in the Energy Industry by Scottish Parliamentary Constituency, 1997-2005
| Parliamentary Constituency | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
| Aberdeen Central | 1,400 | 1,000 | 1,100 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 700 | 1,600 | 2,500 | 2,300 |
| Aberdeen North | 7,300 | 7,500 | 9,000 | 8,800 | 8,900 | 8,900 | 7,700 | 8,200 | 9,800 |
| Aberdeen South | 10,600 | 10,600 | 9,400 | 6,900 | 7,300 | 7,000 | 6,600 | 5,900 | 5,900 |
| Argyll and Bute | * | * | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 |
| Banff and Buchan | 700 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | 400 |
| Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | * | * | 400 | 200 | 600 | 500 | * | 700 | * |
| Clydesdale | * | * | 300 | 300 | 300 | 400 | * | * | * |
| Galloway and Upper Nithsdale | * | * | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | * | * | * |
| Gordon | 200 | * | 200 | 300 | 300 | 300 | * | * | * |
| Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber | * | * | 500 | 500 | 600 | 900 | 300 | 400 | 400 |
| Orkney and Shetland | 600 | * | 900 | 900 | 900 | 600 | 600 | 500 | * |
| Stirling | * | * | 300 | 200 | 300 | 300 | * | * | * |
| West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | 1,800 | 1,600 | 1,200 | 1,200 | 1,200 | 1,100 | 1,800 | 1,800 | 2,200 |
| Scotland | 41,100 | 45,900 | 40,000 | 36,900 | 43,200 | 40,600 | 36,900 | 37,300 | 35,400 |
Source: 1998-2007 - Annual Business Inquiry (ABI) (ONS).1997 - Annual Employment Survey (ONS).
Notes:
1. The reference date for the ABI from 2006 was changed from December to September.
2. Data are rounded to the nearest 100.
3. ABI data are workplace based.
4. Estimates for 1997-2002 are based on the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) 1992 codes whereas estimates for 2003 onwards are based on 2003 SIC codes.
*Represents a figure that is either less than 50 or potentially disclosive.
Table 2: Employee Jobs in the Energy Industry by Scottish Parliamentary Constituency, 2006-07
| Parliamentary Constituency | 2006 | 2007 |
| Aberdeen Central | 3,800 | 4,100 |
| Aberdeen North | 9,800 | 9,300 |
| Aberdeen South | 5,100 | 5,700 |
| Argyll and Bute | 200 | 200 |
| Banff and Buchan | * | * |
| Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | * | * |
| Clydesdale | * | * |
| Galloway and Upper Nithsdale | * | * |
| Gordon | * | 300 |
| Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber | 400 | * |
| Orkney and Shetland | * | 300 |
| Stirling | * | * |
| West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | 2,200 | 1,800 |
| Scotland | 37,000 | 40,700 |
Source: 1998-2007 - Annual Business Inquiry (ABI) (ONS). 1997 - Annual Employment Survey (ONS).
Notes:
1. The reference date for the ABI from 2006 was changed from December to September.
2. Data are rounded to the nearest 100.
3. ABI data are workplace based.
4. Estimates for 1997-2002 are based on the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) 1992 codes whereas estimates for 2003 onwards are based on 2003 SIC codes.
*Represents a figure that is either less than 50 or potentially disclosive.
Question reference: S3W-24260
- Asked by: John Lamont, MSP for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2009
- Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 9 June 2009
Answer
The Scottish Government does not hold information on the number of people employed in the National Health Service (NHS) by parliamentary constituency. Information is held on the number of people employed in the NHS at the Scotland level. The table below shows the total number of staff within the NHS for each year since 1997.
Further information on NHS staffing levels is available from the Information Services Division''s webpage http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/796.html.
Number of Staff Employed in the National Health Service in Scotland, 1997-2008 (Head Count)
| Year | Scotland |
| 1997 | 134,679 |
| 1998 | 134,096 |
| 1999 | 135,072 |
| 2000 | 135,431 |
| 2001 | 137,547 |
| 2002 | 142,260 |
| 2003 | 147,371 |
| 2004 | 149,769 |
| 2005 | 153,995 |
| 2006 | 158,522 |
| 2007 | 162,139 |
| 2008 | 165,551 |
Source: Information Services Division (ISD), National Health Service.
Note: Table includes general dentists and GPs.
Question reference: S3W-24269
- Asked by: John Lamont, MSP for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2009
- Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 9 June 2009
Answer
Information on the number of employee jobs in the banking industry is collected each year from the Annual Business Inquiry (ABI), which is the official source of employee jobs data. The ABI is run by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The most recent year for which data is available is 2007. The data is based on employee jobs rather than the number of people in employment (i.e. one person may have more than one job). The ABI does not include self-employed jobs.
Tables 1 and 2 show the number of employee jobs in the banking industry by parliamentary constituency in each year since 1997. Due to changes in survey methodology, data for 1997 to 2005 is not directly comparable with data for 2006 to 2007.
Of Scotland''s 73 constituencies, 20 are not included in the tables. This is because the number of employee jobs has been suppressed as potentially disclosive. Data are suppressed under the Statistics Trade Act 1947 where the identity of an enterprise who made a statistical return could be deduced.
Table 1: Employee Jobs in the Banking Industry by Scottish Parliamentary Constituency, 1997-2005
| Parliamentary Constituency | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
| Aberdeen Central | 1,000 | 1,000 | 900 | 800 | 1,000 | 900 | 1,100 | 1,900 | 1,200 |
| Aberdeen South | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 400 | * | * | * |
| Airdrie and Shotts | * | 200 | 200 | * | * | 300 | 300 | * | * |
| Argyll and Bute | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 |
| Ayr | 400 | 400 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 400 |
| Banff and Buchan | 300 | 300 | * | * | * | * | 300 | 300 | 200 |
| Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 |
| Clydebank and Milngavie | 700 | 700 | 700 | 600 | 700 | 600 | 600 | 600 | 900 |
| Clydesdale | 300 | 300 | 200 | 200 | 300 | 200 | 200 | 400 | 300 |
| Cunninghame North | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 |
| Dumbarton | * | * | * | * | * | * | 200 | 300 | 200 |
| Dumfries | 400 | 400 | 400 | 400 | 400 | 400 | 400 | 400 | 400 |
| Dundee West | 700 | 700 | 800 | 700 | 900 | 800 | 900 | 1,000 | 900 |
| Dunfermline East | * | * | * | * | 400 | 300 | 400 | 700 | 600 |
| Dunfermline West | 2,400 | 2,000 | 600 | 1,900 | 2,400 | 1,700 | 2,300 | 3,700 | 3,300 |
| East Kilbride | * | * | * | * | * | 400 | 400 | 400 | 400 |
| East Lothian | * | * | * | * | * | * | 200 | 200 | 200 |
| Eastwood | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 200 | 200 | 300 | 300 |
| Edinburgh Central | 2,200 | 2,800 | 3,700 | 3,500 | 4,900 | 5,200 | 7,000 | 9,200 | 9,200 |
| Edinburgh East and Musselburgh | * | * | * | * | * | * | 200 | 300 | 200 |
| Edinburgh North and Leith | 5,800 | 4,800 | 5,200 | 6,000 | 8,300 | 9,500 | 10,300 | 5,300 | 4,200 |
| Edinburgh Pentlands | * | * | * | 1,400 | 1,300 | 900 | 4,500 | 10,500 | 6,000 |
| Edinburgh South | 300 | 300 | 300 | 400 | 400 | 200 | 200 | 300 | 200 |
| Edinburgh West | 4,900 | 4,200 | 3,600 | 4,900 | 5,600 | 7,500 | 5,300 | 2,500 | 2,700 |
| Falkirk West | 400 | 400 | 400 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 400 | 400 | 400 |
| Galloway and Upper Nithsdale | 200 | 200 | 200 | 300 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 300 | 300 |
| Glasgow Baillieston | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| Glasgow Govan | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 500 | 600 | 1,400 | 700 |
| Glasgow Kelvin | 9,200 | 9,200 | 11,000 | 11,400 | 12,500 | 10,000 | 11,200 | 11,500 | 12,200 |
| Glasgow Shettleston | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | 200 |
| Gordon | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 |
| Greenock and Inverclyde | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | 1,500 |
| Hamilton North and Bellshill | 300 | 300 | 300 | 800 | 900 | 500 | 500 | 1,000 | 1,300 |
| Hamilton South | * | * | * | 800 | * | 1,300 | * | * | * |
| Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber | 600 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 700 | 600 | 700 | 800 | 700 |
| Kilmarnock and Loudoun | 400 | 400 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 400 |
| Kirkcaldy | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | * | * |
| Linlithgow | * | * | * | * | * | * | 300 | * | * |
| Livingston | 300 | 300 | 300 | * | * | 2,200 | 2,000 | 600 | 500 |
| Moray | 400 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 400 | 300 |
| Motherwell and Wishaw | * | * | * | * | * | 800 | 800 | 1,200 | 1,100 |
| North East Fife | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 |
| North Tayside | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 300 | 300 | 300 |
| Ochil | * | * | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 |
| Paisley North | * | * | * | * | * | 300 | 400 | 400 | 400 |
| Paisley South | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 600 | 400 | 200 | 300 | 300 |
| Perth | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 600 | 500 | 600 | 800 | 700 |
| Ross, Skye and Inverness West | * | * | 200 | 200 | 300 | 200 | 300 | 300 | 300 |
| Roxburgh and Berwickshire | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 |
| Stirling | 300 | 400 | 400 | 400 | 400 | 400 | 400 | 500 | 400 |
| Strathkelvin and Bearsden | * | * | * | * | * | * | 200 | 300 | 200 |
| Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale | 200 | 200 | 200 | 300 | 300 | 200 | 200 | 300 | 300 |
| West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | 300 | * |
| Scotland | 44,100 | 41,800 | 42,600 | 48,500 | 55,800 | 56,300 | 64,200 | 70,800 | 63,300 |
Source: 1998-2007 - Annual Business Inquiry (ABI) (ONS).1997 - Annual Employment Survey (ONS).
Notes:
1. The reference date for the ABI from 2006 was changed from December to September.
2. Data are rounded to the nearest 100.
3. ABI data are workplace based.
4. Estimates for 1997-2002 are based on the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) 1992 codes whereas estimates for 2003 onwards are based on 2003 SIC codes.
*Represents a figure that is potentially disclosive.
Table 2: Employee Jobs in the Banking Industry by Scottish Parliamentary Constituency, 2006-07
| Parliamentary Constituency | 2006 | 2007 |
| Aberdeen Central | 900 | 1,000 |
| Aberdeen South | * | * |
| Airdrie and Shotts | 200 | * |
| Argyll and Bute | 200 | 200 |
| Ayr | 400 | 400 |
| Banff and Buchan | 200 | 200 |
| Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | 200 | 200 |
| Clydebank and Milngavie | 1,200 | 1,600 |
| Clydesdale | 200 | 200 |
| Cunninghame North | 200 | 200 |
| Dumbarton | * | * |
| Dumfries | 300 | 400 |
| Dundee West | 600 | 700 |
| Dunfermline East | 1,400 | 1,100 |
| Dunfermline West | 1,500 | 1,500 |
| East Kilbride | 300 | * |
| East Lothian | * | * |
| Eastwood | 200 | 200 |
| Edinburgh Central | 4,200 | 5,300 |
| Edinburgh East and Musselburgh | * | 200 |
| Edinburgh North and Leith | 3,400 | 4,000 |
| Edinburgh Pentlands | 5,400 | 5,100 |
| Edinburgh South | 200 | 200 |
| Edinburgh West | 1,300 | 1,000 |
| Falkirk West | 300 | * |
| Galloway and Upper Nithsdale | 200 | 200 |
| Glasgow Baillieston | * | 200 |
| Glasgow Govan | 700 | 700 |
| Glasgow Kelvin | 11,600 | 10,800 |
| Glasgow Shettleston | * | * |
| Gordon | 200 | 300 |
| Greenock and Inverclyde | * | * |
| Hamilton North and Bellshill | 300 | 400 |
| Hamilton South | * | * |
| Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber | 500 | 500 |
| Kilmarnock and Loudoun | 300 | 400 |
| Kirkcaldy | * | 400 |
| Linlithgow | * | * |
| Livingston | 1,100 | 500 |
| Moray | 300 | 300 |
| Motherwell and Wishaw | 400 | 400 |
| North East Fife | 200 | 200 |
| North Tayside | 200 | 200 |
| Ochil | * | * |
| Paisley North | * | * |
| Paisley South | 200 | * |
| Perth | 300 | 400 |
| Ross, Skye and Inverness West | * | 200 |
| Roxburgh and Berwickshire | * | * |
| Stirling | 300 | 300 |
| Strathkelvin and Bearsden | * | * |
| Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale | 200 | * |
| West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | * | * |
| Scotland | 49,400 | 49,900 |
Source: 1998-2007 - Annual Business Inquiry (ABI) (ONS).1997 - Annual Employment Survey (ONS).
Notes:
1. The reference date for the ABI from 2006 was changed from December to September.
2. Data are rounded to the nearest 100.
3. ABI data are workplace based.
4. Estimates for 1997-2002 are based on the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) 1992 codes whereas estimates for 2003 onwards are based on 2003 SIC codes.
*Represents a figure that is potentially disclosive.
Question reference: S3W-24270
- Asked by: John Lamont, MSP for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2009
- Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 9 June 2009
Answer
Information on the number of employee jobs in the car industry is collected each year from the Annual Business Inquiry (ABI), which is the official source of employee jobs data. The ABI is run by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The most recent year for which data is available is 2007. The data is based on employee jobs rather than the number of people in employment (i.e. one person may have more than one job). The ABI does not include self-employed jobs.
It has not been possible to provide data on the car industry for any of the parliamentary constituencies. This is because the number of employee jobs is either less than 50 or has been suppressed as potentially disclosive. Data are suppressed under the Statistics Trade Act 1947 where the identity of an enterprise who made a statistical return could be deduced. Figures that are less than 50 would be rounded to zero.
The table below shows the number of employee jobs in the manufacture of motor vehicles for Scotland in each year since 1997. Due to changes in survey methodology, data for 1997 to 2005 is not directly comparable with data for 2006 to 2007.
Employee Jobs in the Manufacture of Motor Vehicles, Scotland, 1997-2007
| 1997 | 800 |
| 1998 | 1300 |
| 1999 | 1200 |
| 2000 | 900 |
| 2001 | 900 |
| 2002 | 800 |
| 2003 | 900 |
| 2004 | 1500 |
| 2005 | 1000 |
| 2006 | 1000 |
| 2007 | 1000 |
Source: 1998-2007 - Annual Business Inquiry (ABI) (ONS). 1997 - Annual Employment Survey (ONS).
Notes:
1. The reference date for the ABI from 2006 was changed from December to September.
2. Data are rounded to the nearest 100.
3. ABI data are workplace based.
4. Estimates for 1997-2002 are based on the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) 1992 codes whereas estimates for 2003 onwards are based on 2003 SIC codes.
Question reference: S3W-24264
- Asked by: John Lamont, MSP for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2009
- Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 9 June 2009
Answer
Information on the number of employee jobs in the legal sector is collected each year from the Annual Business Inquiry (ABI), which is the official source of employee jobs data. The ABI is run by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The most recent year for which data is available is 2007. The data is based on employee jobs rather than the number of people in employment (i.e. one person may have more than one job). The ABI does not include self-employed jobs.
Tables 1 and 2 show the number of employee jobs in the legal sector by parliamentary constituency in each year since 1997. Due to changes in survey methodology, data for 1997 to 2005 is not directly comparable with data for 2006 to 2007.
Of Scotland''s 73 constituencies, 25 are not included in the tables. This is because the number of employee jobs has been suppressed as potentially disclosive. Data are suppressed under the Statistics Trade Act 1947 where the identity of an enterprise who made a statistical return could be deduced.
Table 1: Employee Jobs in the Legal Sector by Scottish Parliamentary Constituency, 1997-2005
| Parliamentary Constituency | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
| Aberdeen Central | 900 | 900 | 1,100 | 1,300 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,400 | 1,500 | 1,500 |
| Aberdeen South | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 400 | * | * | * |
| Angus | 100 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| Argyll and Bute | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | * |
| Ayr | 400 | 400 | 400 | 400 | 300 | 400 | 300 | 300 | 300 |
| Banff and Buchan | 200 | 200 | 200 | * | * | 200 | 200 | 200 | * |
| Clydebank and Milngavie | * | * | * | * | * | * | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Clydesdale | * | * | * | * | * | 100 | * | * | * |
| Cunninghame North | 100 | 100 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| Cunninghame South | 100 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| Dumbarton | * | * | * | * | 200 | * | * | * | * |
| Dumfries | 300 | 300 | 300 | 200 | 200 | 100 | 200 | 200 | 200 |
| Dundee West | 600 | 600 | 600 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 600 | 600 | 700 |
| Dunfermline West | 300 | 200 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 200 | 300 |
| East Kilbride | * | * | * | * | * | * | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| East Lothian | * | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Eastwood | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | 100 | * |
| Edinburgh Central | 2,800 | 3,000 | 2,800 | 3,000 | 3,200 | 2,900 | 3,200 | 3,500 | 3,700 |
| Edinburgh North and Leith | 2,700 | 2,800 | 2,400 | 3,200 | 3,200 | 2,900 | 3,000 | 3,100 | 2,800 |
| Edinburgh Pentlands | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| Edinburgh South | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Edinburgh West | * | * | * | * | 100 | 100 | 200 | 200 | * |
| Falkirk West | 200 | 300 | 300 | 200 | 200 | 200 | * | * | * |
| Galloway and Upper Nithsdale | 200 | 200 | 300 | 200 | 200 | 100 | 200 | 200 | 100 |
| Glasgow Cathcart | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | 100 | 100 |
| Glasgow Govan | 600 | 500 | 500 | 200 | 200 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 |
| Glasgow Kelvin | 3,600 | 3,600 | 3,600 | 3,700 | 3,900 | 4,000 | 3,900 | 4,400 | 4,500 |
| Glasgow Maryhill | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Glasgow Shettleston | 100 | 100 | 200 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 200 | 200 | 200 |
| Gordon | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | 100 |
| Greenock and Inverclyde | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| Hamilton North and Bellshill | 300 | 300 | 300 | 200 | 300 | 300 | 200 | 200 | 200 |
| Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber | 400 | 300 | 500 | 300 | 400 | 400 | 300 | 300 | 400 |
| Kilmarnock and Loudoun | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 |
| Kirkcaldy | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 100 | 200 | 100 | 100 |
| Livingston | * | 100 | 100 | 100 | * | 100 | 100 | 200 | 100 |
| Moray | 200 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| Motherwell and Wishaw | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 |
| North East Fife | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | 200 |
| North Tayside | 200 | 200 | 200 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 200 | 100 | 100 |
| Ochil | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| Paisley North | * | * | * | * | * | * | 200 | 200 | 200 |
| Paisley South | 300 | 400 | 400 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 200 | * | 200 |
| Perth | 400 | 500 | 400 | 400 | 400 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 500 |
| Roxburgh and Berwickshire | * | 100 | 100 | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| Stirling | 200 | 300 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 |
| Strathkelvin and Bearsden | * | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale | 100 | 100 | * | 200 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | * |
| Scotland | 20,800 | 21,300 | 20,700 | 21,200 | 20,900 | 20,000 | 20,500 | 21,500 | 22,100 |
Table 2: Employee Jobs in the Legal Sector by Scottish Parliamentary Constituency, 2006-07
| Parliamentary Constituency | 2006 | 2007 |
| Aberdeen Central | 1,500 | 1,400 |
| Aberdeen South | * | * |
| Angus | * | * |
| Argyll and Bute | * | * |
| Ayr | 300 | 300 |
| Banff and Buchan | * | 200 |
| Clydebank and Milngavie | * | * |
| Parliamentary Constituency | 2006 | 2007 |
| Clydesdale | * | * |
| Cunninghame North | 100 | 100 |
| Cunninghame South | * | * |
| Dumbarton | * | * |
| Dumfries | 200 | 200 |
| Dundee West | 800 | 700 |
| Dunfermline West | 300 | 400 |
| East Kilbride | 100 | * |
| East Lothian | 100 | 100 |
| Eastwood | * | 100 |
| Edinburgh Central | 4,100 | 4,400 |
| Edinburgh North and Leith | 2,500 | 2,500 |
| Edinburgh Pentlands | 100 | * |
| Edinburgh South | 100 | 100 |
| Edinburgh West | 100 | 100 |
| Falkirk West | * | * |
| Galloway and Upper Nithsdale | 200 | 100 |
| Glasgow Cathcart | * | * |
| Glasgow Govan | 300 | 300 |
| Glasgow Kelvin | 4,900 | 5,000 |
| Glasgow Maryhill | 100 | 100 |
| Glasgow Shettleston | 200 | 200 |
| Gordon | 200 | 100 |
| Greenock and Inverclyde | 200 | * |
| Hamilton North and Bellshill | 300 | 300 |
| Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber | 400 | 400 |
| Kilmarnock and Loudoun | 300 | 300 |
| Kirkcaldy | 200 | 200 |
| Livingston | 100 | 100 |
| Moray | * | * |
| Motherwell and Wishaw | 300 | 200 |
| North East Fife | 300 | 300 |
| North Tayside | 200 | 200 |
| Ochil | 100 | 100 |
| Paisley North | 200 | 200 |
| Paisley South | * | * |
| Perth | 400 | 400 |
| Roxburgh and Berwickshire | 200 | * |
| Stirling | 200 | 200 |
| Strathkelvin and Bearsden | 100 | 100 |
| Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale | * | 100 |
| Scotland | 23,000 | 23,000 |
Source: 1998-2007 - Annual Business Inquiry (ABI) (ONS). 1997 - Annual Employment Survey (ONS).
Notes:
1. The reference date for the ABI from 2006 was changed from December to September.
2. Data are rounded to the nearest 100.
3. ABI data are workplace based.
4. Estimates for 1997-2002 are based on the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) 1992 codes whereas estimates for 2003 onwards are based on 2003 SIC codes.
*Represents a figure that is potentially disclosive.
Question reference: S3W-24257
- Asked by: John Lamont, MSP for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2009
- Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 9 June 2009
Answer
The Scottish Government does not hold information on the number of people employed in local government by parliamentary constituency. Information is held on the number of people employed in local government at the Scotland level. The official source for local government employment statistics is the Joint Staffing Watch Survey. The table below shows the number of people employed in local government from quarter 1 1997 to quarter 4 2008 (the latest data available). Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred.
Number of People Employed in Local Government in Scotland, 1997-2008. Not Seasonally Adjusted (Head Count)
| Year and Quarter | Scotland |
| 1997 Q1 | 294,700 |
| 1997 Q2 | 292,500 |
| 1997 Q3 | 290,500 |
| 1997 Q4 | 292,000 |
| 1998 Q1 | 293,000 |
| 1998 Q2 | 292,900 |
| 1998 Q3 | 290,300 |
| 1998 Q4 | 292,000 |
| 1999 Q1 | 293,400 |
| 1999 Q2 | 293,000 |
| 1999 Q3 | 293,100 |
| 1999 Q4 | 295,800 |
| 2000 Q1 | 296,500 |
| 2000 Q2 | 295,900 |
| 2000 Q3 | 294,200 |
| 2000 Q4 | 294,700 |
| 2001 Q1 | 296,000 |
| 2001 Q2 | 295,900 |
| 2001 Q3 | 296,400 |
| 2001 Q4 | 299,700 |
| 2002 Q1 | 301,000 |
| 2002 Q2 | 301,300 |
| 2002 Q3 | 301,600 |
| 2002 Q4 | 304,300 |
| 2003 Q1 | 305,800 |
| 2003 Q2 | 307,500 |
| 2003 Q3 | 306,700 |
| 2003 Q4 | 310,600 |
| 2004 Q1 | 313,700 |
| 2004 Q2 | 315,300 |
| 2004 Q3 | 315,100 |
| 2004 Q4 | 317,600 |
| 2005 Q1 | 318,000 |
| 2005 Q2 | 321,100 |
| 2005 Q3 | 321,000 |
| 2005 Q4 | 322,700 |
| 2006 Q1 | 324,600 |
| 2006 Q2 | 323,100 |
| 2006 Q3 | 320,300 |
| 2006 Q4 | 320,200 |
| 2007 Q1 | 320,200 |
| 2007 Q2 | 317,600 |
| 2007 Q3 | 314,700 |
| 2007 Q4 | 315,500 |
| 2008 Q1 | 315,400 |
| 2008 Q2 | 313,100 |
| 2008 Q3 | 312,400 |
| 2008 Q4 | 312,700 |
Source: Joint Staffing Watch Survey, Scottish Government.
Note: Data are not seasonally adjusted and therefore comparisons between years should only be made for the same quarter.
Question reference: S3W-24262
- Asked by: John Lamont, MSP for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2009
- Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 9 June 2009
Answer
Information on the number of employee jobs in the construction industry is collected each year from the Annual Business Inquiry (ABI), which is the official source of employee jobs data. The ABI is run by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The most recent year for which data is available is 2007. The data is based on employee jobs rather than the number of people in employment (i.e. one person may have more than one job). The ABI does not include self-employed jobs.
Tables 1 and 2 show the number of employee jobs in the construction industry by parliamentary constituency in each year since 1997. Due to changes in survey methodology, data for 1997 to 2005 is not directly comparable with data for 2006 to 2007.
Table 1: Employee Jobs in the Construction Industry by Scottish Parliamentary Constituency, 1997-2005
| Parliamentary Constituency | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
| Aberdeen Central | 2,100 | 2,600 | 2,500 | 2,000 | 2,300 | 1,900 | 1,500 | 2,000 | 2,000 |
| Aberdeen North | 4,000 | 4,500 | 4,800 | 5,000 | 3,900 | 2,700 | 3,100 | 2,700 | 2,500 |
| Aberdeen South | 2,900 | 2,300 | 1,800 | 2,100 | 2,800 | 4,500 | 1,300 | 2,100 | 1,600 |
| Airdrie and Shotts | 1,700 | 2,000 | 2,100 | 2,000 | 1,800 | 1,800 | 2,200 | 2,100 | 2,500 |
| Angus | 1,000 | 900 | 1,100 | 1,300 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 800 | 1,400 | 1,300 |
| Argyll and Bute | 1,400 | 1,900 | 1,400 | 1,600 | 1,200 | 1,300 | 1,500 | 1,300 | 1,600 |
| Ayr | 1,700 | 3,000 | 1,800 | 2,000 | 1,600 | 1,500 | 1,700 | 1,000 | 1,200 |
| Banff and Buchan | 1,100 | 1,800 | 1,500 | 4,000 | 2,700 | 1,500 | 1,100 | 1,500 | 1,300 |
| Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | 1,100 | 1,400 | 1,300 | 900 | 1,000 | 1,200 | 1,400 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | 1,100 | 2,700 | 1,200 | 1,700 | 1,300 | 1,100 | 1,300 | 1,200 | 1,300 |
| Central Fife | 800 | 700 | 1,000 | 1,300 | 1,600 | 1,500 | 1,300 | 1,500 | 2,200 |
| Clydebank and Milngavie | 1,400 | 1,700 | 1,300 | 1,400 | 900 | 900 | 1,100 | 1,000 | 1,200 |
| Clydesdale | 1,000 | 1,800 | 1,300 | 1,500 | 1,200 | 1,300 | 1,200 | 1,000 | 1,100 |
| Coatbridge and Chryston | 1,600 | 1,800 | 1,500 | 1,300 | 1,500 | 1,900 | 1,700 | 1,900 | 3,000 |
| Cumbernauld and Kilsyth | 1,600 | 1,500 | 1,900 | 2,200 | 1,900 | 2,100 | 2,800 | 2,800 | 3,400 |
| Cunninghame North | 700 | 1,100 | 900 | 1,100 | 800 | 900 | 1,000 | 900 | 1,100 |
| Cunninghame South | 1,100 | 1,400 | 1,100 | 1,100 | 900 | 1,100 | 1,200 | 1,100 | 1,200 |
| Dumbarton | 1,100 | 2,200 | 1,900 | 2,000 | 900 | 900 | 1,100 | 900 | 1,100 |
| Dumfries | 1,600 | 1,600 | 2,400 | 1,800 | 2,500 | 2,100 | 1,700 | 1,700 | 1,800 |
| Dundee East | 1,100 | 1,100 | 1,400 | 1,300 | 900 | 1,000 | 900 | 1,400 | 1,200 |
| Dundee West | 2,200 | 1,900 | 2,300 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 1,900 | 1,900 | 2,800 | 2,100 |
| Dunfermline East | 800 | 800 | 800 | 800 | 1,700 | 1,500 | 800 | 1,200 | 1,600 |
| Dunfermline West | 2,100 | 1,700 | 2,000 | 1,700 | 1,300 | 2,300 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,200 |
| East Kilbride | 1,500 | 1,900 | 1,700 | 2,200 | 1,700 | 1,800 | 1,800 | 1,800 | 1,900 |
| East Lothian | 1,000 | 1,900 | 1,500 | 1,400 | 1,100 | 1,400 | 1,400 | 1,700 | 1,600 |
| Eastwood | 1,200 | 2,500 | 1,500 | 1,600 | 1,300 | 1,500 | 1,600 | 1,300 | 1,400 |
| Edinburgh Central | 2,500 | 3,400 | 2,400 | 2,000 | 1,600 | 1,300 | 1,500 | 2,000 | 2,000 |
| Edinburgh East and Musselburgh | 1,100 | 1,300 | 1,300 | 1,300 | 1,100 | 1,200 | 1,400 | 1,700 | 1,400 |
| Edinburgh North and Leith | 1,900 | 2,300 | 2,600 | 2,300 | 1,800 | 3,000 | 2,600 | 3,400 | 3,200 |
| Edinburgh Pentlands | 1,300 | 1,500 | 1,400 | 1,200 | 1,100 | 1,100 | 1,100 | 1,200 | 1,300 |
| Edinburgh South | 600 | 1,100 | 1,000 | 900 | 600 | 500 | 600 | 800 | 900 |
| Edinburgh West | 1,300 | 2,200 | 2,500 | 2,000 | 1,700 | 2,400 | 2,500 | 2,500 | 2,700 |
| Falkirk East | 2,000 | 2,700 | 2,100 | 2,200 | 1,900 | 2,300 | 2,100 | 2,700 | 2,300 |
| Falkirk West | 1,100 | 1,900 | 1,600 | 1,400 | 1,500 | 2,400 | 2,400 | 2,400 | 2,200 |
| Galloway and Upper Nithsdale | 1,000 | 1,100 | 1,400 | 800 | 1,500 | 1,200 | 900 | 900 | 1,100 |
| Glasgow Anniesland | 400 | 400 | 500 | 700 | 700 | 700 | 900 | 800 | 800 |
| Glasgow Baillieston | 1,900 | 1,800 | 1,800 | 2,400 | 2,800 | 2,300 | 1,600 | 1,500 | 1,400 |
| Glasgow Cathcart | 600 | 800 | 700 | 1,200 | 800 | 700 | 900 | 800 | 900 |
| Glasgow Govan | 2,100 | 2,400 | 1,900 | 2,200 | 2,200 | 2,300 | 2,300 | 2,100 | 3,000 |
| Glasgow Kelvin | 4,900 | 5,800 | 5,400 | 5,500 | 5,100 | 5,200 | 6,800 | 4,500 | 4,300 |
| Glasgow Maryhill | 2,800 | 2,300 | 1,800 | 2,500 | 1,800 | 1,900 | 1,200 | 1,200 | 1,100 |
| Glasgow Pollok | 500 | 600 | 700 | 1,500 | 800 | 700 | 900 | 1,300 | 1,300 |
| Glasgow Rutherglen | 1,100 | 1,900 | 1,500 | 1,500 | 1,400 | 1,800 | 2,400 | 1,800 | 1,700 |
| Glasgow Shettleston | 2,100 | 2,400 | 1,800 | 2,000 | 1,600 | 1,600 | 2,900 | 3,000 | 3,300 |
| Glasgow Springburn | 2,000 | 2,200 | 1,700 | 1,600 | 1,600 | 1,400 | 1,300 | 1,100 | 1,200 |
| Gordon | 1,600 | 2,200 | 2,100 | 2,600 | 3,000 | 2,400 | 1,500 | 2,500 | 2,300 |
| Greenock and Inverclyde | 800 | 1,100 | 600 | 600 | 600 | 500 | 600 | 500 | 500 |
| Hamilton North and Bellshill | 2,600 | 3,100 | 3,900 | 3,500 | 2,900 | 1,900 | 2,900 | 3,000 | 3,900 |
| Hamilton South | 900 | 1,800 | 1,600 | 1,000 | 2,400 | 2,700 | 1,200 | 1,300 | 1,400 |
| Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber | 2,600 | 2,800 | 2,500 | 2,200 | 2,300 | 2,700 | 3,500 | 2,900 | 3,200 |
| Kilmarnock and Loudoun | 1,500 | 2,400 | 1,600 | 1,800 | 1,600 | 1,700 | 1,900 | 1,700 | 1,600 |
| Kirkcaldy | 1,200 | 900 | 1,200 | 1,100 | 1,400 | 1,400 | 700 | 800 | 1,100 |
| Linlithgow | 1,700 | 2,700 | 2,200 | 2,100 | 1,900 | 2,000 | 1,600 | 2,000 | 1,900 |
| Livingston | 1,400 | 1,800 | 2,200 | 2,200 | 2,200 | 2,200 | 2,800 | 2,900 | 3,100 |
| Midlothian | 1,400 | 1,900 | 2,200 | 2,100 | 2,100 | 2,200 | 2,500 | 2,800 | 2,800 |
| Moray | 1,600 | 1,700 | 1,800 | 2,100 | 2,000 | 1,900 | 1,400 | 2,100 | 2,000 |
| Motherwell and Wishaw | 1,500 | 1,700 | 1,600 | 1,000 | 1,500 | 1,300 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,600 |
| North East Fife | 900 | 700 | 1,200 | 1,200 | 1,600 | 2,000 | 1,100 | 1,100 | 1,800 |
| North Tayside | 1,500 | 1,600 | 2,400 | 2,000 | 1,600 | 1,400 | 1,500 | 2,400 | 2,000 |
| Ochil | 1,300 | 1,600 | 1,400 | 1,000 | 1,100 | 1,400 | 1,300 | 1,500 | 1,400 |
| Orkney and Shetland* | 1,800 | 2,000 | 2,500 | 1,700 | 1,000 | 1,300 | 1,800 | 2,200 | 2,200 |
| Paisley North | 3,900 | 5,200 | 6,300 | 5,100 | 3,900 | 3,400 | 3,700 | 3,500 | 3,600 |
| Paisley South | 1,300 | 3,100 | 2,500 | 1,300 | 800 | 900 | 800 | 700 | 900 |
| Perth | 2,400 | 2,300 | 3,000 | 2,200 | 1,900 | 2,000 | 1,700 | 2,800 | 2,400 |
| Ross, Skye and Inverness West | 1,400 | 1,800 | 1,600 | 900 | 1,300 | 1,400 | 1,800 | 1,300 | 1,300 |
| Roxburgh and Berwickshire | 1,200 | 600 | 2,000 | 1,200 | 1,300 | 1,400 | 1,300 | 1,400 | 1,800 |
| Stirling | 1,500 | 2,500 | 2,400 | 1,400 | 1,600 | 2,500 | 2,600 | 2,200 | 2,300 |
| Strathkelvin and Bearsden | 1,200 | 1,800 | 1,100 | 1,500 | 1,200 | 1,200 | 1,400 | 1,200 | 1,300 |
| Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale | 1,200 | 800 | 2,100 | 1,200 | 1,300 | 1,400 | 1,400 | 1,500 | 1,700 |
| West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | 1,700 | 2,000 | 1,800 | 2,700 | 3,300 | 2,800 | 2,000 | 2,700 | 2,600 |
| West Renfrewshire | 500 | 800 | 800 | 800 | 600 | 600 | 600 | 500 | 600 |
| Western Isles | 500 | 700 | 900 | 800 | 300 | 400 | 800 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| Scotland | 111,600 | 138,500 | 133,800 | 130,300 | 120,100 | 123,300 | 119,800 | 125,000 | 131,800 |
Table 2: Employee Jobs in the Construction Industry by Scottish Parliamentary Constituency, 2006-07
| Parliamentary Constituency | 2006 | 2007 |
| Aberdeen Central | 2,200 | 2,100 |
| Aberdeen North | 2,300 | 2,900 |
| Aberdeen South | 1,500 | 1,300 |
| Airdrie and Shotts | 2,400 | 2,400 |
| Angus | 1,400 | 1,300 |
| Argyll and Bute | 1,900 | 1,700 |
| Ayr | 1,300 | 1,400 |
| Banff and Buchan | 1,600 | 1,400 |
| Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | 1,300 | 1,400 |
| Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | 1,500 | 1,300 |
| Central Fife | 1,400 | 1,400 |
| Clydebank and Milngavie | 1,200 | 1,100 |
| Clydesdale | 1,800 | 1,500 |
| Coatbridge and Chryston | 3,600 | 3,100 |
| Cumbernauld and Kilsyth | 2,400 | 2,400 |
| Cunninghame North | 1,000 | 900 |
| Cunninghame South | 1,300 | 1,300 |
| Dumbarton | 1,300 | 1,400 |
| Dumfries | 1,900 | 1,800 |
| Dundee East | 1,500 | 1,500 |
| Dundee West | 2,700 | 2,600 |
| Dunfermline East | 1,500 | 1,700 |
| Dunfermline West | 900 | 1,100 |
| East Kilbride | 2,600 | 2,800 |
| East Lothian | 1,400 | 1,500 |
| Eastwood | 1,500 | 1,700 |
| Edinburgh Central | 1,600 | 1,600 |
| Edinburgh East and Musselburgh | 1,700 | 1,500 |
| Edinburgh North and Leith | 4,500 | 3,200 |
| Edinburgh Pentlands | 1,600 | 1,900 |
| Edinburgh South | 900 | 600 |
| Edinburgh West | 2,000 | 2,200 |
| Falkirk East | 2,200 | 1,600 |
| Falkirk West | 2,200 | 2,400 |
| Galloway and Upper Nithsdale | 1,400 | 1,500 |
| Glasgow Anniesland | 800 | 600 |
| Glasgow Baillieston | 1,600 | 1,600 |
| Glasgow Cathcart | 1,000 | 800 |
| Glasgow Govan | 3,100 | 3,800 |
| Glasgow Kelvin | 5,200 | 3,200 |
| Glasgow Maryhill | 1,200 | 1,000 |
| Glasgow Pollok | 800 | 600 |
| Glasgow Rutherglen | 2,100 | 2,500 |
| Glasgow Shettleston | 3,000 | 3,300 |
| Glasgow Springburn | 900 | 800 |
| Gordon | 2,500 | 2,700 |
| Greenock and Inverclyde | 500 | 500 |
| Hamilton North and Bellshill | 4,400 | 5,000 |
| Hamilton South | 1,000 | 1,400 |
| Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber | 3,700 | 3,800 |
| Kilmarnock and Loudoun | 1,800 | 1,800 |
| Kirkcaldy | 900 | 800 |
| Linlithgow | 2,400 | 2,900 |
| Livingston | 3,600 | 3,900 |
| Midlothian | 3,300 | 3,100 |
| Moray | 2,300 | 2,100 |
| Motherwell and Wishaw | 900 | 900 |
| North East Fife | 1,300 | 1,200 |
| North Tayside | 2,100 | 2,000 |
| Ochil | 1,500 | 1,600 |
| Orkney and Shetland* | 2,000 | 1,800 |
| Paisley North | 3,900 | 4,400 |
| Paisley South | 900 | 700 |
| Perth | 2,500 | 3,000 |
| Ross, Skye and Inverness West | 1,900 | 2,000 |
| Roxburgh and Berwickshire | 1,800 | 1,700 |
| Stirling | 2,900 | 3,100 |
| Strathkelvin and Bearsden | 1,300 | 1,300 |
| Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale | 1,600 | 1,600 |
| West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | 2,900 | 3,100 |
| West Renfrewshire | 600 | 500 |
| Western Isles | 800 | 800 |
| Scotland | 138,400 | 137,600 |
Source: 1998-2007 - Annual Business Inquiry (ABI) (ONS). 1997 - Annual Employment Survey (ONS).
Notes:
1. The reference date for the ABI from 2006 was changed from December to September.
2. Data are rounded to the nearest 100.
3. ABI data are workplace based.
4. Estimates for 1997-2002 are based on the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) 1992 codes whereas estimates for 2003 onwards are based on 2003 SIC codes.
*It has not been possible to analyse Orkney and Shetland separately. The data has been obtained from the Nomis website, as the microdata are not held centrally.
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