36. Mr. Harry GreenawayTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many Scottish jobs are in the public sector; what is their cost; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. StewartIn 1993, public sector employment in Scotland is estimated to have been as follows: civil service 53,000; NHS 139,000; local government 304,000; HM armed forces 19,000; and national industries approximately 30,000.
The above total of 545,000 excludes employment in other central Government occupations and other public corporations. The NHS figure includes those employed in NHS trusts, but excludes medical and dental practitioners, who are treated as self-employed. The local government figures exclude those employed in further education.
An estimate of the total cost is not available
Approximately one in four workers in Scotland are in the public sector, a slightly higher proportion than in the UK as a whole. This includes part-time as well as full-time workers.