Although the Executive does not hold information for all external and internal staff moves outwith the core departments, tables 3 and 4 show the number of staff moves for Scottish Executive agencies and associated departments where these are from or to the core departments.Table 1: Staff Assigned to the Scottish Executive Core Departments Recorded as Having a Method of Entry to Post of “New Recruit” Year A1 A2 A3 A4 B1 B2 B3 C1 C2 C3 NA* SCS Total 2000 245 19 53 1 179 78 20 37 2 1 8 9 652 2001 415 19 89 1 199 90 21 59 4 0 14 13 924 2002 157 13 52 3 210 72 19 41 1 0 9 12 589 2003 149 5 16 1 130 61 17 68 1 0 8 3 459 2004 67 8 11 2 144 51 13 18 3 0 6 4 327 2005# 63 1 13 0 65 30 8 22 1 1 11 7 222 Table 2: Number of Staff who Moved Posts within the Scottish Executive Core Departments, by Year of Move Year A1 A2 A3 A4 B1 B2 B3 C1 C2 C3 NA* SCS Total 2000 37 29 191 38 144 254 111 113 28 10 7 61 1,023 2001 48 31 206 40 142 265 105 145 50 8 1 41 1,082 2002 56 37 219 33 148 324 110 128 27 9 1 39 1,131 2003 68 37 256 31 152 303 127 131 19 7 2 46 1,179 2004 45 30 205 42 132 334 146 139 63 5 5 58 1,204 2005# 26...