§ Mr. Dewarasked the Solicitor-General for Scotland if he will give the number of non-legally qualified staff employed in the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service in 1983, 1984 and 1985, respectively.
§ The Solicitor-Generalfor Scotland: The information is as follows:
1983 1984 1985 Non-legally qualified staff in: (a) Crown Office 67.0 81.0 78.0 (b) Procurator Fiscal Service 652.0 665.0 669.5 Note: The 1983 and 1984 figures are staff in post taken on 31 December each year. The 1985 figure is based on staff in post on 30 June.
§ Mr. Dewarasked the Solictor-General for Scotland if he will give the cost of operating the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, respectively, in the financial years 1983–84 and 1984–85.
§ The Solicitor-Generalfor Scotland: The total cost of operating the Crown Office and the Procurator Fiscal Service was as follows:
Crown Office Procurator Fiscal Service £ £ 1983–84 1,538,428 9,788,367 1984–85 1,693,249 10,793,129
§ Mr. Dewarasked the Solicitor-General for Scotland if he will give the number of qualified solicitors employed by the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service in 1983, 1984 and 1985, respectively, and the salary costs of those employees in each of these years.
§ The Solicitor-General for ScotlandThe following figures relate to solicitors and advocates as no distinction is made between the two branches of the profession in this context.
Number of qualified lawyers in Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service Numbers Salary Costs £ 1983 223 3,699,864 1984 232 3,907,972 1985 236 4,120,072