§ Mr. Wrigglesworthasked the Solicitor-General for Scotland what was the staff establishment of his Department on 1 April 1979 and on 1 April of the current year; and what was the shortfall on these figures, if any, and the grades and geographical regions where the shortfall occurred.
§ The Solicitor-General for ScotlandThe establishment of the Crown Office, including the Procurator Fiscal service, at 1 April 1979 was 750 and at 1 April 1980 was 813. The shortfall on each of these dates was one post; in 1979 this was a legal assistant post in Glasgow and in 1980 it was a typist post in Edinburgh.
The establishment of the Lord Advocate's Department was 23 at both 1 April 1979 and 1 April 1980. The shortfall at both dates was one junior legal secretary, one personal secretary and one clerical officer, all in London.