Question reference: S6W-01390
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 14 July 2021
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Current status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 2 August 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) civil servants it employs and (b) offices it operates, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
At 31st March 2021 there were 7816 directly employed staff within the core Scottish Government and 52 operated offices, however all staff continued to work from home where possible during this time.
Headcount and number of offices split by local authority are provided in the following table. Please note that staff may work from locations other than Scottish Government offices.
Local Authority | Headcount | Number of Scottish Government operated offices |
Aberdeen City | 278 | 2 |
Aberdeenshire | 89 | 3 |
Angus | 5 | 1 |
Argyll & Bute | 49 | 4 |
City of Edinburgh | 5411 | 4 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 31 | 2 |
Dundee City | 24 | 1 |
Eilean Siar | 29 | 3 |
Falkirk | 52 | 1 |
Fife | 4 | 1 |
Glasgow City | 1361 | 3 |
Highland | 126 | 12 |
Moray | 14 | 2 |
North Ayrshire | 1 | 0 |
Orkney Islands | 24 | 2 |
Perth & Kinross | 121 | 1 |
Scottish Borders | 49 | 2 |
Shetland Isles | 12 | 2 |
South Ayrshire | 51 | 1 |
South Lanarkshire | 19 | 2 |
Stirling | 1 | 0 |
West Lothian | 25 | 1 |
Outwith Scotland | 40 | 2* |
All | 7816 | 52 |
* Scottish Government manages 2 locations outside of Scotland (London and Brussels). Other offices are managed under different arrangements: i.e. buildings may be shared with other organisations.
The Scottish Government publishes employment figures on a quarterly basis. This data, along with a time series back to 2012 and full explanatory notes, can be found here: Scottish Government workforce information - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) .