asked 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.
for 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.
asked 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.
for 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 |
asked 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 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 | ||