What percentage of civil service jobs are located in each of Scotlands cities, expressed also as a percentage of each citys population.

Answered Asked by Shona Robison SNP Lodged 6 Jul 2005

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of civil service jobs are located in each of Scotlands cities, expressed also as a percentage of each citys population.

The answer

Answered by Tom McCabe on 3 Aug 2005 · 28 days after it was lodged, on time

The head count number of permanent staff employed in the Core Departments of the Scottish Executive, Executive Agencies and Associated Departments, shown as a percentage of civil service jobs located in each of Scotland’s cities and also expressed as a percentage of each city’s population is provided in the following table.
Percentage of Scottish Executive Civil Servants working in Scotland's cities

| % of Civil Servants
| % of Population

Edinburgh
| 47.0%
| 1.8862%

Glasgow
| 12.5%
| 0.3759%

Dundee
| 1.1%
| 0.1304%

Stirling
| 2.2%
| 1.1857%

Inverness
| 1.9%
| 0.8302%

Aberdeen
| 3.4%
| 0.3237%

This does not includeinformation on civil service posts within the government departments (e.g. HMRevenue and Customs) located in Scotland’s cities, which is not held by the ScottishExecutive.

In the Official Report

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