S2W-07401: Further to the answer to question S2W-7083 by Colin Boyd QC on 31 March 2004, how many legal staff have been employed in the Crown Office i…

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-7083 by Colin Boyd QC on 31 March 2004, how many legal staff have been employed in the Crown Office in each year since 1999 and how many such staff have been employed in the (a) Criminal Confiscation Unit and (b) Civil Recovery Unit since their inception.

The answer

Answered by Colin Boyd on 4 May 2004 · 33 days after it was lodged, 1 day after it was due

The information requested isprovided in the table below:

Crown Office
Legal Staff (Including Trainees)
|
1/4/1999
|
1/4/2000
|
1/4/2001
|
1/4/2002
|
1/4/2003
|
1/3/2004

Cumulative Crown Office Total (inc High Ct Lawnmarket and Glasgow)
*
| 35.6
| 45.6
| 55.6
| 61.5
| 69.3
| 71.5

The Following are Recorded Within the Above Total

Criminal Confiscation Unit
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
| 4
| 5

Civil Recovery Unit
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
| 2
| 3

Lockerbie Team
|
-
| 4
| 4
| 3
|
-
|
-

Total Crown Office Based Trainee Solicitors
| 5
| 8
| 10
| 14
| 16
| 12

Note:
*Staff at the High Court, Lawnmarket,Edinburgh were not included in Crown Office figures until March 2004. Glasgow HighCourt staff were not included in Crown Office figures until April 2003.
The number of trainee solicitors has increasedfrom 10 in April 1999 to 37 in August 2002. Currently, we have 16 1st year traineesolicitors and 21 2nd year trainee solicitors.
The majority of 1st year traineesolicitors are Crown Office based with the remainder based in designated ProcuratorFiscal Offices. The second year of the traineeship is spent within a designatedProcurator Fiscal’s Office.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-07401 by reference.