S1W-13445: How many legal staff employed in the Crown Office (CO) and Procurator Fiscal Service (PFS), excluding Crown Counsel but including senior ci…

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many legal staff employed in the Crown Office (CO) and Procurator Fiscal Service (PFS), excluding Crown Counsel but including senior civil service grades, have been seconded to work on the Lockerbie trial in each year since 1997 and how many are currently seconded, categorised in each case by (a) grade and (b) years of experience in the CO or PFS.

The answer

Answered by Colin Boyd on 1 Mar 2001 · 14 days after it was lodged, on time

The numbers, grades and years of experience of staff seconded to the case during the relevant years are as shown in the table. The details for 2001 also show the details for those currently seconded, who since 1999 have constituted the core group of seconded legal staff. The additional staff seconded in 1999 and 2000 served for varying periods of time, but generally for shorter periods in 2000 than in 1999. | Grade of Seconded Staff | Number of Staff | Years of Experience
1997 | Senior Civil Service | 1 | 19
| Principal Depute | 2 | 9 and 12
1998 | Senior Civil Service | 1 | 20
| Principal Depute | 2 | 13 and 10
| Depute | 1 | 4
1999 | Senior Civil Service | 2 | 21 and 22
| Principal Depute | 3 | 11, 14 and 20
| Depute | 7 | 1, 3 (x 4), 5 and 10
2000 | Senior Civil Service | 3 | 12, 22 and 23
| Principal Depute | 5 | 4, 6, 11, 15 and 21
| Depute | 4 | 2 and 4 (x3)
2001 | Senior Civil Service | 2 | 13 and 23
| Principal Depute |

In the Official Report

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